same ceiling
same walls
the same marbled halls.
estranged bride
of a stranger groom,
Mother strayed
from father's room
Angie's hold
on Katie's hand
hasn't loosened
since then.
"sister of mine,
we'll be fine.
At once we flee,
chain the gates behind."
Rusted frames
of shattered panes.
skeletal specter
of a palsied face.
Somehow
Someway
this house remained.