dream house

if someone had asked her
what her dream house was
she would have named
a little stone house

a little place by the river
with the water always gurgling by
surrounded by greenery
flowers, old ancient trees

but this she could only say
after she had put aside
the fairy tales dreams
of a huge stone castle
or more like a fort

spread over miles and miles and miles
with jungles and rivers and flowers
all inside it

and she had only put it aside because
she knew how much work it took
to take care of a place like that

what is her dream then
if even her dream
is built upon
the ashes of another

and what does she really want
what would make her
truly happy of the two