The house without sorrow
Song currently in the making
Poem
Painting
There was a house with burgundy walls,
Seven windows to watch the fall.
It took the storm, it heard the rain,
But never once let in the pain.
(This is the tale of the house without sorrow)
Alone it stood, with windows gold,
A place of good, for growing old.
The chimney burned, smoke took flight,
Stars were born from its flames at night.
No grief could come through its door,
Innocents resting hurt no more.
Here stood the house,
The house without sorrow.
(This is the tale of the house without sorrow)
But deep inside, a shadow grew,
A hidden room no light broke through.
A door unopened, where none had gone,
A clock that ticked, but counted to none.
Its promise wanes, we don't know why.
No house can silence the tears we cry.
Once stood the house,
The house without sorrow.
(Thus fades the tale of the house without sorrow)
No house is free from dark’s embrace.
Yet still we build, we long, we chase.
The house without sorrow may never be true,
But dreaming of it makes life new.

The house without sorrow, 2025
Oil on canvas, 65x55cm

