Gone
A green plastic bucket left behind.
The child gone.
The child gone.
The child's gone.
Gone.
Let's stop wasting time!
Gather all we need and settle in.
Arrange it all just so and sit
quietly,
quietly,
ever so quietly,
still as a portrait, and wait.
Dust, come settle round the edges.
Spiders, let your gossamer fall.
Soften it all.
Softer.
Softer.
Baby's breath softer.
Till it fades away.
A single moment can be held forever.
But only if you're quiet.
Ever so quiet.
As quiet as a green plastic bucket
left behind.
Published by Tina Twito
I'm 39, with a wonderful husband (in Iowa), and a daughter who lives in NC with her hubby (love them both!). I write mostly children's stories and poetry (rhyming poetry, traditional poetry, haiku, but mostl... View profile
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3 Comments
Post a CommentI left a yellow monkey behind when I was rushed to hurry, a storm was coming. When I'm quiet, I can remember that day like it was yesterday. Mom was wrong..."if it's important to you, you wouldn't have left it".
Great poem! Just like Shaheen it gave me goose bumps. ;-)
this one brought me out in goose bumps, you have painted a powerful story with your words..very good