This building has a story
Of ups and downs and love gone wrong
Of broken dreams and silly pranks
A childhood fondly lived.
But broken windows and sagging doors
Don’t hide another truth,
Illicit deeds and crimes concocted
Guns and knives and bloody wounds
Death has lingered here.
But now the future has a stake
Windows broken can be repaired
The doors and walls and ceilings too
And then the fun begins,
The floors and windows once again
Will hear the children laugh.
Pouring rains and winter storms
Are not welcome here.
Come inside and sit a spell
Our tale is still being written
This building’s taking notes.
Butterfly Sand 
Humans gives life to buildings and turned into stories..
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If only the walls could talk…
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So evocative…especially ‘the building’s taking notes…’ Love it. x
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There is so much history in an old building. If somebody is listening.
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This is so great. A very inviting house indeed! Who can resist a story, much less generations of them?
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I’m glad you liked it. I’m hoping they don’t take it down completely. I would like to see it have a new life.
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I am endlessly fascinated by old buildings and always imagine their stories
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Oh, me too!
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“This building’s taking notes”. This building looks so lonely and sad. I hope someone is taking notes and forming a plan to revitalize it before it’s beyond renovation. Imagine if all these old abandoned buildings could tell us about all the life they experienced until the last person left and closed the door behind them.
Ginger
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It has been vacant for a few years. It once was the school. I wonder if you could still hear the sound of children running in the halls…
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They emanate character all on their own after a few years Pam, I think the humans leave so much of their energy all around 😀
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What stories these walls could tell…
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Haha, very good double entendre (I think that’s the right definition 😂) dear lady 🤣
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Pam, this is exquisite. You’ve captured in words feelings I’ve had about buildings such as this. Particularly, schools. I love the title and your hauntingly beautiful words of love, loss, and hope. You made the building “talk”. The building has truly been a listener. Well-done my gifted friend! 💛💕❤️
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Thank you so much Karla. This actually is, or was, a school. I hope they repurpose it.
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You’re welcome, Pam. I just love old schools! And old buildings! I hope they repurpose it, too.
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Well done Pamela. By the way, I’ll sit out here thank you
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Ha ha ha! Maybe a good call.
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I love to see building’s like this preserved and repurposed. Beautiful words, Pam/
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Thanks Dan. I should go up one day soon and see if there is any progress.
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The chapters of this building’s book would be brimming.
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That is a book I would read.
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Me too.
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Buildings do have stories to tell!
It’s wonderful when buildings get revamped rather than torn down.
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I always love a redo.
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Me too!
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Not sure if this was intentional, but as I read this I was thinking of the Residential Schools…. Rebirth as real schools?
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I had not thought of that. But that is a blight on our history that we must never forget. Coincidentally, that is an old abandoned school.
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I guess it looked like a school, which put that in my mind and then I know how clever you are, so I thought perhaps this was the subtilty rolling around in your mind. Maybe in the back of your mind.
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