A Rent Free Home To Live In Poem by Terence George Craddock (Spectral Images and Images Of Light)

once you were offered
a rent free home to live in
for you and your family

a full time job
for both your wife
and yourself

a much higher salary
than you were making
a salary for your wife

house was warm freshly painted
beautify prepared for your family
not taken was this opportunity

a school was next street behind
but a short walk for your children
your salary was fully guaranteed

house waited empty a full year for thee
opportunity open dawn bright for thee
salary guaranteed in perpetuity for thee

you chose instead nuts and bolts living
you choose instead continued paying renting
time passes now your bills I am not paying


Copyright © Terence George Craddock