Brand New Words, Words That Rhyme

So hey!! I just wrote a new poem!! I haven't written any poetry in awhile. Actually, my writing in general has suffered some of late.   Well, anyway...
Today I wrote a new poem and I am tentatively calling it The Red House. Although it could also be called Rebuild. It's a little Dr. Seuss in it's format but...I still think it's a good one. Keep in mind that I JUST finished writing it, so I may have to tweak it later or whatever but for now, here is a first look at my newest writings.

The Red House

In the red house

with only four rooms

the owner knows not

of her impending doom.

Two rooms are upstairs,

and two rooms are down.

Two make her smile,

two make her frown.

The rooms full of smiles

aren't opened very much.

The locks get jammed,

the keys lost, and such.

The rooms with the frowns

won't seem to stay closed.

And she says to herself,

"I have GOT to work on those."

Then, one day a tree falls

on the two rooms of smiles.

Though she lives on a plain, 

there are no trees for miles.

She looks at the mess,

She frowns and then, 

She says to herself, 

"I'll just rebuild them again."

So the new rooms have new doors and 

locks and she's hoping

that maybe this time 

she can keep them open.

But soon tragedy strikes

and the rooms fall down

and she wonders,

"Why not the rooms with frowns??"

Surveying the scene

from her place on the floor, 

she decides, "I'll have to 

build them once more."

So she sets to work

while staring from afar

are the rooms with frowns,

their doors ajar.

She tries to ignore them

but the corners of her mouth pull down;

there's just no denying the power

of the frowns.

But soon, once again, 

the red house is whole, 

though constant reconstruction 

is taking its toll.

The paints don't match,

there's some materials reused

it's painfully obvious

this house has been abused.

But there's a new addition

to the smile rooms' doors.

She's installed doors with windows

why didn't she think of this before??

So now she can glimpse

at least a hint of a smile

(for when the frowns have her down

every once in awhile)

And so time goes by

with no incidents at all

and she thinks, "I built them strong,

they will not fall."

If only she knew how 

wrong she could be,

because before long,

came tragedy number three.

It didn't come as a wind,

or freak accident of the land

this tragedy came

in the form of a man.

He came to her door

and looked so strong

"He can help me build,

nothing can go wrong."

She showed him around

her little four-roomed home

thinking,

"Now I won't have to do this alone."

He turned with a smile

and said "This is a nice spot.

I'll stay here with you,

I like it a lot."

And after a while, they both heard a 'click'

The smile doors swung open

and the whole house was lit!!

So the days went

so happy and calm

she didn't know the man

was a ticking time bomb.

Until the day came 

when he looked in her face

and said with no sorrow

"I'm off to find a better place."

But before he left, 

he had something to do

"I've got

a little present for you..."

And suddenly he had

a sledgehammer in hand

"No!! Please don't!!"

She begged of the man.

But he didn't listen,

he started to swing.

Then the house did 

the strangest thing.

All the doors shut,

both upstairs and down:

the rooms of smiles 

and the rooms of frowns.

He swung with all his might

and he wore a slight grin.

"Stop!! Please!!" she begged

again and again.

But he wouldn't stop,

he swung and he swung

until his hands were sore

and both ears rung.

Just before it crashed down,

the house gave a groan.

The man ran off

and left the woman alone.

As she knelt crying in the rubble

where she could have been killed

through her tears she said,

"I'll just have to rebuild."

So there you have it. My latest poem. 

I have a challenge...this poem is actually a metaphor. It's symbolic all the way through. Can anyone tell me what it is?? What does the house represent?? What about the 2 rooms of smiles and the 2 rooms of frowns?? What does this all mean??

- Hop along