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A House Full Of Stories

An old man standing at the door of the old house he knows
Through the ripped and filthy curtains the wind softly blows
With careful steps he walks through the old and darkened hall
And remembers endless stories of a time he can't recall

He slowly opens up a softly squeaking door
and enters the room the same way he did before
A broken clock still ticking at the time his daughters grown
now only leaves the silence of the memories left unknown
He sees the empty chandeliers where the candles would once burn
and remembers endless stories of a time that won't return

The dusty mirror hanging where it has always been
He remembers all the stories that the mirror must have seen
It knows the secrets of the room that never saw the light of day
knows the past and all the glories that slowly fade away
memories of a time that has never once been told
and the once young and beautiful faces now wrinkled and grown old
The old man stands before the mirror on the wall
holding memories of a time he can't recall

He walks out the room with a tear rolling down his face
Thinks about the memories of this old and broken place
He opens up the white back door
and hears birds sing the same old songs they sang before
The man walks outside to the garden to see the sun shining bright
Shining upon the roses, growing red and white

His old love there stands underneath the oaken tree
the same place she was standing when he once bend the knee
Thinking about the time together they have spend
He holds her close and whispers: ‘We've made it through the end'

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