Capacity
I rebuilt this house
after the last one burnt down
I poured the foundation
for a single father and son
I double checked the blueprints
Before opening the door
But I don’t know
if it can bear anymore weight
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that last line hits in so many ways
The idea of what you did here. Building the poem as you rebuild yourself. Both mirror one another and the length of the bottom line suggests that the speaker and this line, share the same worry.
Right you are, Patrick. I appreciate your reading between the lines
Before rereading, I imagined I had read your last line as “if I can bear anymore weight”
Yes, it’s hard to let people into our worlds.