Straight ahead I see a house

dark and cold

seemingly vaccant, no one emerging.

Dogs playing in the yard to my left

Barking in excitment towards their owner

running down the sidewalk past the window.

Today everything is gone

A bush grown up from being neglected and unkept

blinds me from the outside world. 

The lights are always off in the house across the street.

She finally emerges from the empty house,

she lives in alone, to place a lonely Christmas wreath on her door 

before hiding away until the season is over.

To my right a new neighbor is moving in, 

maybe he will add a little light

or maybe he will take a little more away