Such is the new light
That the lead penetrates the paper
Even more so as the floorboards creek
All is curve and straight line
All is solid, or submissive
Soft furnishings and decoration
As if the walls could be papered
With the same ten dollar bills
Which brought this room into being
If those abstract paper currencies
Could replace the tables and chairs
The bookshelves and the lamps
To give a focus, a continuation
To create a living space
As opposed to relying on happenstance
To start again with a blank canvas
Knowing now of mistakes to avoid
Yet somehow to hold onto the romance
To have skipped with joy
Then rested, with some satisfaction
At a job well done
Forgetting, or ignoring the difficulties
The obstacles involved with self-creation
Which had to be stumbled through
