The Man In The House
Jan. 18, 2023 • By Jason Elhilow
DescriptionA poem about a strange man who holds a secret in his home.
MessageThe Man in The House contains content some may find triggering. Reader discretion is advised.
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There was a manThat had a life to boreThrough, one where everything happened,Yet nothing occurred.He stayed trapped in his house,Scared to see what the world would say.
But there was nothing left to say,His existence boiled down to a man,One who did something in his house,The place he contained all the guilt he bore.Only he knew what truly occurred.Only he knew what truly happened.
“What happened?”You go up to him and sayOne day. “What occurred?”You ask the man.But he’ll tell you, “It’s a bore,It’s something that stays in this house.”
“This house?”“Yes. This is where it happened.”“Can you stop being so mysterious? This is becoming a bore!”“I can’t say!”Screamed the man,Silent about what occurred.
Though what occurred,What happened in that house,Was the murder of a man,One that happenedAfter an argument, as they say,Where the knife of one bore;
BoreInto an innocent man. That’s what occurred.But if you go up to him and say:“Why were you arguing in the house?”“What really happened?”“Why did you murder an innocent man?”
He’d respond, “It was not just any man…”And then it happened.The man stabbed you in his house.
But there was nothing left to say,His existence boiled down to a man,One who did something in his house,The place he contained all the guilt he bore.Only he knew what truly occurred.Only he knew what truly happened.
“What happened?”You go up to him and sayOne day. “What occurred?”You ask the man.But he’ll tell you, “It’s a bore,It’s something that stays in this house.”
“This house?”“Yes. This is where it happened.”“Can you stop being so mysterious? This is becoming a bore!”“I can’t say!”Screamed the man,Silent about what occurred.
Though what occurred,What happened in that house,Was the murder of a man,One that happenedAfter an argument, as they say,Where the knife of one bore;
BoreInto an innocent man. That’s what occurred.But if you go up to him and say:“Why were you arguing in the house?”“What really happened?”“Why did you murder an innocent man?”
He’d respond, “It was not just any man…”And then it happened.The man stabbed you in his house.
