For Lease

I had a dental appointment today, and since I was a little bit early, I decided to sit in my car for 10 minutes. While sitting in my car, I noticed a For Lease sign on one of the shop windows. It was dark and empty in the middle of all these other shops bustling with activity. And thus, my poem was born.

For Lease

By Candace Shultz

Amidst the brightness

of the sun, it's bathed

in darkness, empty,

alone, waiting 

for someone to

turn on the lights,

to fill it with purpose.

It wants to be wanted.

It needs to be needed.

If only for a little while.

Rather a brief moment 

of happiness than forever

empty and alone.