This house looks so dingy from the outside
That travelers who stop to rest
Won’t even stay long enough for the home cooked meal-
Sweet soups with nuts sprinkled with cinnamon and bread rising in the oven
They don’t even stay long enough to see the garden I planted last spring
They never stay
Although I can’t help how things look on the outside
I try to patch the decomposing siding
I try to hold it together the best that I can
But I can’t
I can never make them stay
Please stay