vacant house 

vacant house 

sits alone 

occupants gone years prior. 

voices echo 

only in fading memories 

of lives long departed. 

hearts of souls remaining 

to reflect 

serve only to 

sweep away 

traces of lifedreams 

collected as dust 

upon the 

floor. 

Poem © 2006 by R. Burnett Baker 

Photo © 2009 by R. Burnett Baker 

Photo of abandoned house in Lincoln, NY  taken June 28, 2009  by R. Baker.

Poem from chapbook titled "Slipping Quietly", 2006.