By Laurel Ahlfeld Date: 2009 Jan 29 Comment on this Work [[2009.01.29.03.20.25684]] |
The world outside is as noisy as my mind The scraping of snow shovels on sidewalks Metal and concrete grating through the cold The air above tears as a plane overhead Shreds the barrier from ground to sky The sirens wailing down the road A megaphone telling someone to pull over And I wonder if I would have stopped If someone had shouted loud enough To cut through the chaos you caused inside |