We have a common
kitchen wall
with my neighbor
in this apartment house.
So….
“I am supposed to keep it
as it is”.
No change, ever should take place,
thinks she,
my next door neighbor.
But when a change is needed,
it is needed.
Patience must be there
on both sides of the wall.
No amount of sugar coat
or fuming
will the old wall endure.
It simply needs a redo;
new backsplashes, cabinetry and
a brand new countertop
to breathe.
Shall I let it die now?
Posted for Sumana’s Midweek Motif ~ Change @ Poets United
sumanar/lekha 
Oh but you must keep the quaint coffee bean grinder… love your take on “change”…
This is a really wise metaphor for the bigger issues we are facing on opposite sides of ideologies these days. I loved this, Sumana. And I love your cute little kitchen too!!!!!
I suppose if we could keep it the same, we would….but the wall begins to show its’ age, as well as we do.
Nothing stays the same.
Never! Or, maybe. Some Things must die before the new can take root. This is a marvelous metaphor. Maybe that shared wall could gain a peephole or a doorway.
Patience must be there
on both sides of the wall.
No amount of sugar coat
or fuming
will the old wall endure.
Beautifully deep, Sumana!❤️
Yes, when a change is needed, it is needed….sometimes it does take patience though when one is in the midst of change; and hopefully all will be fine after the change has taken place.
Change causes upheaval, and some of us are ill-equipped to handle that. Patience is considered a virtue, but it can also be utterly difficult.
Elizabeth
https://soulsmusic.wordpress.com/2017/01/25/8189/
a brand new countertop to breathe.
Shall I let it die now?
Need not have to! One can still change for the better within our own confines!
Hank
We humans are often resistant to change, aren’t we? But the oak that will not bend, shatters…
Having a new kitchen will not make you a good cook:)
Remind me of Robert Frost’s ‘good fences make good neighbours’ – only this is pretty much the opposite! I guess a fence and a wall are not the same.