No Vacancy

Blinds open in the basement bedroom.

Sunshine filtering through that window.

This is the bedroom we call the guest room.
Tonight it's for two.



Two baths ready . . . one in the basement



and one upstairs.

 The sofa bed in the basement, made up for two.

  An upstairs double bed referred to as uncle Ben's old room . . . ready for two.

Another upstairs bedroom  . . . the girls' bedrooms converted into one . . .
now made up for three who have discussed the
whereabouts of where their moma's bed used to be.

Anticipation has been building all week
and tonight the house is full
with five more tucking themselves into their own beds not far away.

I can't help but think if only these walls could talk,
they'd talk about feeling old . . . and happy.