Tapestry Of Brick

Fell in love the minute
I laid eyes on the cottage
with its wrought-iron archway
draped in tearoses.

Blackened bricks laid on a slant,
some vertical, then horizontal,
with herringbone images smooth
and textured, slipped into place.

Windowpanes and French doors
framed the living space,
light fixtures repeated
the style of the fencing outside.

An artist's vision came true,
lasted eighty years,
soared into daydreams
and...into my life.