AnOther Folly

I started my project years ago,

with great enthusiasm.

I began without a blueprint

but as time went on

I dreamt up ever more

elaborate and outrageous designs.

But it seems the walls were built

without enough support
or a proper foundation.

Corners didn’t meet and

dovetails didn’t slide together

but from a distance it looked so lovely

I couldn’t bear to tear it down

and start over,

so I’d just add the next bit,

assuring myself this part would be better

until the haven I intended

was empty and labyrinth-like,

echoing with the sound

of broken promises

and better times that never were.

I tried staying there,

but it couldn’t hold up to the last big storm.

It’s been condemned;

declared unsafe.

From now on

I think I’ll just rent.

This is for the Imaginary Garden where Hedgewitch asked us to write about a folly; the kind that is, "...a building constructed primarily for decoration, but either suggesting through its appearance some other purpose, or merely appearing to be so extravagant that it transcends the normal range of garden ornaments or the class of building to which it belongs." - Wikipedia