we built a palace
gorgeous and beautiful
of marble and stone
with a garden of fertility
a kitchen of delicacy
a bed chamber of tenderness
and even if the largest quake shakes the founding walls
and leaves cracks in our masonry behind
even if a painting of the past bursts on our floor
or a fire destroys our library
our palace will resist
and we’ll rebuild it together
with new paintings
and books filled with future stories
~ ayoungapollo












