Moving out

We will walk out of that house
and maybe leave the sadness behind,
let it become the emptiness
that calls out to another family

Let them imagine
filling the space,
growing up into it,
finding its secrets
and making their own
while we walk
into our new life
surprisingly unencumbered.

©Wendy Mulhern
January 24, 2018

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