ANEW : chick

Sent: 7/13/2005 8:44 PM


and she's yelling at her
a little girl
is crying inside the hall
crying and weeping
and crying in the hall
resounding
within my quiet walls
and i hear their voices
call down my hall
she's a woman
in her fifties
and she's yelling
at the child

the woman's angry
has had enough
it was finally done
while baby cries
and she cries
as the woman scolds
and scolds
as they climb the fifth stair
their voices vibrating
in my apartment complex's walls
our lives in unison
yet not knowing each other
while sharing
the same dwelling
nevertheless still
her cries are echoing
down the iron, marble,
and tile fall

people are now
coming to their doors
saying a hello
trying to see
what's up
regarding this child
that won't shut up
they hear the woman
as she laughs
bearing a fake
controlled grin
greeting each of them
with simply acting past
'a how do you do'
while bawling child
is in hand
that weeping baby
completely dismissed
and ignored
all the while pushing towards
their home's door

then suddenly
my ears catch
another child call out
lightly happy
calling to his mother
in a closer apartment
on my floor
and i hear his mother answer
within the wall
as child still questions

when
wham
bam
there is slam
and a hard
tight click
behind the door
an invisible wall
the sobbing child
is silenced
and becomes
just a chick

yet i know she's more

ANEW : sun

Sent: 7/1/2005 8:22 PM


seems we're anxiously
waiting
next to glass
towards sky
for the sun
to rise

missing
the knock
at the door
of our neighbor
asking,
how we are

how shall we
honor
the Son