July 10, 2020

SILENT  HOME

It is a silent home. Some of

them are like that, Open any

drawer. Look under any bed.

Check every closet. Sit in any

soft,  stuffed, overweight chair.

You’ll hear silence everywhere.

So when grandkids show up,

the whole house celebrates.

It listens loudly to kids running 

up and down stairs  - playing,

laughing, screaming, pounding

on polished mahogany floors.

Wait. It’s for the moment - after

the kids leave - that the old house

waits for - when mom - who is

all alone, calls up her other

kids and tells them who was

just here and invites them and

their kids to come home too.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020