A Home Unfinished
A Home Unfinished
January 20, 2025
For Joseph
Once a builder with OCD
Began constructing his home
Instead of laying the foundation
And then beginning the framing
He worked on each four foot section
Starting in the corner
Until it was complete
Before he began the next
Four foot section
This would take time
He knew
But it was his way
And that was all that mattered
Until he ran out of money
Having only completed one wall
It was magnificent
But it was only one finished wall
And not a house
It took years before
The builder could return
To his project
Years of overgrowth
Wind and water exposure
But the wall held firm
Perhaps this wall
Was all he really required
Perhaps a wall can be a home
Seventy years have since passed
The wall remains intact
The builder is since deceased
Many have come
To visit a testament
Of unusual ingenuity
The builder is barely remembered
But the wall is forever so
Perfect, but never complete