I walk past empty bedrooms that once held my boys
the beds made so perfect, the absence of noise
Books there on the bookshelf and not upon the floor
no ear-splitting music, no slamming the door
It’s eerily quiet now these once busy dens
these bunkers of bustle with brothers and friends
They’re off to college now the closet’s are clean
they only come home now on days in between
The weeks of the study the homework and toil
with loads of their laundry all dirty with soil
These nice empty bedrooms so tidy and neat
just aren’t the same in their pristine retreat
As when the sneakers are thrown in a corner
the fridge it is drained like an unwilling donor
The noise and the smell of exercised teens
showing off muscles with biceps and spleens
Banging a cupboard while toasting some bread
at three in the morning before heading to bed
Now some dorm at the coast, in some far away place
or corner of frat-house who’s presence they grace
Our bedrooms are empty the rooms nice and quiet
the sheets all in place and the fridge on a diet
But once in a while it all comes to life
things they are back to the brotherly strife
Rooms not so tidy and sharp as a knife
as when we’re alone…just me and my wife
I was walking past the boys bedrooms the other day and noticed the nice made beds with pillows right in place. Also how clean and tidy they were reminded me that the boys far from lived there now! They were both home in March of 09 and things were right back to normal very quick. Within a couple days, you could barely tell what color the carpet was in their rooms where the floor was covered with clothes and junk. Anyway, it’s nice to have Brett still at home so he can give us some semblance of normality.
the beds made so perfect, the absence of noise
Books there on the bookshelf and not upon the floor
no ear-splitting music, no slamming the door
It’s eerily quiet now these once busy dens
these bunkers of bustle with brothers and friends
They’re off to college now the closet’s are clean
they only come home now on days in between
The weeks of the study the homework and toil
with loads of their laundry all dirty with soil
These nice empty bedrooms so tidy and neat
just aren’t the same in their pristine retreat
As when the sneakers are thrown in a corner
the fridge it is drained like an unwilling donor
The noise and the smell of exercised teens
showing off muscles with biceps and spleens
Banging a cupboard while toasting some bread
at three in the morning before heading to bed
Now some dorm at the coast, in some far away place
or corner of frat-house who’s presence they grace
Our bedrooms are empty the rooms nice and quiet
the sheets all in place and the fridge on a diet
But once in a while it all comes to life
things they are back to the brotherly strife
Rooms not so tidy and sharp as a knife
as when we’re alone…just me and my wife
I was walking past the boys bedrooms the other day and noticed the nice made beds with pillows right in place. Also how clean and tidy they were reminded me that the boys far from lived there now! They were both home in March of 09 and things were right back to normal very quick. Within a couple days, you could barely tell what color the carpet was in their rooms where the floor was covered with clothes and junk. Anyway, it’s nice to have Brett still at home so he can give us some semblance of normality.
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