The old fireplace By aldo kraas, www.PoetryPoem.com/poet11586 Unlock all Features - Upgrade to Poetry Prime
The guardian of the hotel gate
A sentinel not tired to wait
Provider of all heat and light
That comes alive in winter night;
Impressive stone artistic flair
This fireplace is beyond compare
How oft the times when folk have met
Before its hearth it does forget
But witness to a hundred trysts
It tells no tales respects resists;
How many secrets does it know?
So many but it does not show
The stonework strong its lifeline spared
Preserved by those who kept and cared;
It must be kept beyond decline
Its lines and form just like a wine
A timeless thing which graceful grows
Mature refined still in the throws
Of puberty well for a while
But always a la mode in style;
A final glance touch of the hand
Goodbye old friend maintain your stand.
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