Wendy Ward

Coyotes yippin’
Sprinklers flippin’
Cars all slippin’
Coming home

Starlight’s twinkling
Mommies wringing
their hands
And waitin’ at home

No one’s speaking
Eyes misleading
Secrets creeping
At home

Heavy breathing
Bodies freezing
No one’s sneezing
or coming at home

I’m disappearing
All I’m feeling is to
Fade away
From this home

Mind is teeming
Heart is screaming
Get away get away
From this home

by Julie Clark