Spiders in the attic <br />A light in the window <br />I thought nobody was home <br />Teddy coming apart <br />Dust thick upon the floor <br />Cobwebs clouding the skylight <br />Static blocking the music <br />This old house <br />Don't look back <br />Creaking doors <br />Drafts of wind <br />And spiders in the attic <br /> <br />Secret passages <br />A place to hide <br />The wind is howling past the eaves <br />The rain is pouring in the gutters <br />Candles flickering behind shutters <br />Plunking piano keys <br />But no one's playing <br />Empty pantry <br />No one's been here for years <br />But still there are vestiges of life before <br />Footprints in the dust <br />Doll left carelessly on the overstuffed sofa <br />As though she's left the room for a moment <br />Soon to be back <br /> <br />Books with well thumbed pages still sitting on the coffee table <br />Three legs are left <br />One is gone to who knows where <br />Mail still unopened <br />What happened? <br />Where did they go? <br />Here one moment <br />Gone the next <br /> <br />Kettle resting on the silent stove <br />Cold coffee on the kitchen table <br />The only person in the house <br />It's me <br />The bed isn't made <br />Could've been slept in yesterday <br />But for the dust and stains <br />Moonlight in swirling silver stripes <br />Slicing the floor in two <br />A perfect dilapidated mess <br />Fit only for the spiders <br />Spiders in the attic<br /><br />Tsunami HiroshiSu<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/spiders-in-the-attic/
