These Houses

These Houses

These Houses

These Houses
display many colors.

Some the same hue
yet, always an appearance
changing

pending the time
of day.

Shadows split open
the windows
and the shades lift
without a handle being
pulled.

At times—
colors are not 
detected, especially
if from a distance.

But, when a shooting
star spills from
a Universe,
its particles of light
reveal
what no artist’s pallet
could duplicate.

The doors are always open.

These houses
hold mansions
of cascading colors

a place 
already prepared
for you.