MaryJo Scott

I wish I had….

A house

that had heat

in the kitchen

and

a banister

and light fixtures

in the living room

and

the dining room

and

the hallway

upstairs and down.

I wish I had

a house

by the sea

with furniture

made of silver grey

driftwood

and

shells for knobs

on creaky doors

that lead

outside

down one step

off the porch

onto a sandy path

lined with whispery reeds

that tell me secrets

all the way

to roaring blue

water.