a simple story

Scene 3:

In the silent car
With Daddy,
Who speaks incessantly
To her
About her beautiful
Baby
Brother.

Hunter Joseph.

Mommy
Waits in the big building,
Tan bricks
And miles upon miles
Of never-ending cars
Parked and honking.
Loud.

Daddy speaks and she listens,
Carefully,
Stares out the window,
Leaning against the hearty plastic of the car seat.

Scene 2:

Sitting in a bedroom,
Soft light from the window,
Afternoon.
Mommy sits before her,
Propped on the bed
With the heavy comforter
The sheets poking out from beneath.

She traces the gold diamonds
And green circle patterns with her fingers
As Mommy
Speaks to her.

Baby?

She sees the cheer in her mother’s eyes,
The love,
The excitement.
Her hand falls to her belly.

Baby.

Scene 1:

Memories on the living room floor.
Green carpet invites her
Into it’s enveloping arms,
Stretches before her,
And expanse so similar
To the soft grass outside
That plays with her eyes
And tickles her knees.

A man’s face,
An oval of tan skin
Brown eyes peering at her
The light shining so bright,
So welcoming.
She is cloaked in his arms,
Smells his being.
Daddy.

The woman on the couch
Smiles
Hazel eyes
Alight with the warmth
Of the room,
Of the house.
Mommy.