My body was a vacant house
I had been gutted and left for the dust to settle
In my icy furnace lived memories of past suitors to these old bones
None ever appreciated the delicate architecture
Carved in the corners of my mind
They would move in their furniture and their ***** laundry
Staining the rich wood in my veins to their desired tint
Slowly my home became theirs and I was just a visitor
Walking through myself
Seeing exactly what you wanted me to be
Nevertheless like the enviable changing of the tide
I would be gutted time and time again
left with the smells of their perfumes
Still lingering in my empty rooms
They would say that my walls weren't warm enough,
That too often my water would turn to wine
And would stain all their ***** laundry in the wash
This sacred change wasn't because i was holy
It happened because it would seem that at times
The only way to warm the rooms inside of my belly
Was to drown myself in it
The moment you walked in i was an open book
That you had not read
You cleaned the cobwebs from the corners of my soul
And gave me the keys to my own home
Allowed me to breath for the first time in years
The hallways of my body began to creak
The most joyous of hymns