Jacqueline M. Ruffino Platt
Let there be within these walls
Beauty where each shadow falls
Lovely pictures, books, and chairs
Music every silence shares
Windows letting in the light
Sun and moon and stars at night
Shelves and cupboards filled with food
A place for love’s sweet interlude
Little things of sentiment
Photos showing some event
Lots of laughter, fewer tears
The fabric weaved by passing years
Peace within a sense sublime
Guests would surely always find
A special kind of magic’s glow
And friendship within each smile’s hello
Let this house be trouble-free
A place of treasured memory