This Old House
This old house---
Same old house
Same smells and sights.
Corners and walls
So familiar.
The wallpaper needs changing---updating.
No, actually, the foundation.
Pull up the floor boards!
Rot underneath. Rip them out!
Rebuild with lapis and turquoise.
A foundation laid and layered with faults and cracks
Burn it down!
Start again!
Sounds of shifting sand echo and warn.
This house will fall!
But, alas! the land is secure.
This rickety structure was built on a rock which is firm.
Faithful. Steadfast.
Before the foundations of the earth,
hesed was. Hesed always is.
Yes! Mold and mildew may lurk deep within these old walls.
Disease lingers.
Pour over with the cleansing water and ash.
With hyssop, scarlet and cedarwood,
Clean this old house!
Written June 2020
Leviticus 14
Isaiah 54:11,12