You should have seen
how easily
it got away—
noiselessly and through
the window screen.
I hoped that it would stay
the way a cloud might
but saw no more of it
and now it’s night.
You should have seen
how easily
it got away—
noiselessly and through
the window screen.
I hoped that it would stay
the way a cloud might
but saw no more of it
and now it’s night.
Two responses
• Dad, May 20, 2012 at 12:08 pm
It must have been fleeting if it stayed less than a cloud.
• Mikaela, May 31, 2012 at 10:51 am
I LIKE this one, and I am reading it to my office tomorrow. You will get full credit of course!