Thursday, October 1, 2020

The quiet space (Day 1351)

 

children’s high voices

falling leaves

nearby a couple argues 

again

an emptiness opens

at my feet

a quiet waiting space

tomorrow

laughing  playing  working

together

every breeze  confetti  bright 

against green grass

a crash  a shout  

again

chairs scrape wood

and  on a blue screen

two grown men berate 

each other  and we

sigh  like the breeze  

scattering this 

momentary sadness across 

a carpet of red and gold   

because our waiting 

is nearly over  and the quiet 

space is shrinking 

like ice in warming water


© 2020 by Hannah Six

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