This Poem was Submitted By: Karen M Dugger On Date: 2000-09-07 13:56:07 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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3:12 AM

Quiet air swirls around vacant parking lots            Encirling us.   There are no people to compete with us-                The oxygen is more than efficient to our ever yearning lungs. We become close with each passing hour-      So much that they know exactly what i'm saying    Without ever having to say a word.            We smile, the first for each of us all week, And empty our hearts of our oppression and rage           Allowing us to laugh - together.              He opens the window to allow the fresh air    To flow to his bare chest. His well defined body is outlined by his shadow..     And his dark eyes glisten with the passing of a distant car's lights.              He stares at her intently as she sleeps beside him-                    Memorizing every feature about her.   His finger touches her chin       Tracing it softly. He sighs       Placing his head back on the pillow beside her.               She stands in the middle of her chaotic room.                 Her fists clenched, her teeth grind.    She crys and no one hears her.        The radio plays softly, filling the void. Her parents sleep soundly a few doors down.            She starts to shake - it is getting hard to breathe.                        She paces...                She is dying at the age of 14.     Friends bond;  Lovers sleep;  Children die.             Everyone seems to be sleeping                  But somewhere at the same hour..                        Everything is happening..                              All at once.

Copyright © September 2000 Karen M Dugger


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