doubt lingering
in the living rooms
of an abandoned mill
where all the doors
were left open
and no window
properly closed
as the river running past
nourishing the wheel
was dammed further up the stream
and life could no longer prosper
where it used to grow
doubt lingering
in the living rooms
of an abandoned mill
all too aware
of its lost glory
somewhat unable to let go
of the hope
it might one day
return