VACANCY
Gloria Watts

There’s a place in my heart
that’s empty,
a place where you might
want to dwell.

I can’t promise
everlasting comfort,
there might be
a little touch of hell.

But, should you
accept my invitation,
I will take down the sign
upon the door

Replace it with
another simply saying,
vacancy within my heart
now filled.

© 2008 Gloria Watts

Gloria is a retired FE College Lecturer. She lives in a small Market Town in the UK. She is the author of several short stories and poems, many published online at Bewildering Stories, Long Story Short, The Fiction Flyer and Apollo’s Lyre. Her other interests are water-colour painting, cycling, gardening and yoga.

Learn more about Gloria at her website.