A Little Cottage Covered In Ivy Poem by Joe Burr

A little cottage covered in ivy,
it's beautiful isn't it?
I think so.

Time has chipped the paint and
eroded the walls.
The picket fence is askew.

But on the fence bloom flowers.
The walls fortified by life,
radiant green over blue.

Sometimes when the world is silent,
I hear the echo of a child's laughter,
life beginning anew -
maybe.

For years my ghost crawled through the city,
cemetery of same and grey,
and then I found you.

A little cottage covered in ivy,
She's beautiful isn't she....
I hope she thinks so too.