Delta40
07-02-2010, 05:20 PM
The windows needed washing
She felt her outlook
aptly reflected through
grimy panes
Passing headlights
glanced off the house
situated on the ocrner
of Hargreaves Street
Standing there
She felt the truth
of what was coming
in the dulled lights
No amount of tears
would wash away this feeling
or the smudged windows
she inhaled dusty blinds
He did paperwork at her
practiced and intentional
Like a seasoned academic
complacent and narrow-minded
He endowed this status
through detailed arrangement
of papers which had
less meaning than a bread wrapper
The scratchy scrawl
of his fine tip pen
validated his self belief
while she peered out
in search of elusive happiness
She felt her outlook
aptly reflected through
grimy panes
Passing headlights
glanced off the house
situated on the ocrner
of Hargreaves Street
Standing there
She felt the truth
of what was coming
in the dulled lights
No amount of tears
would wash away this feeling
or the smudged windows
she inhaled dusty blinds
He did paperwork at her
practiced and intentional
Like a seasoned academic
complacent and narrow-minded
He endowed this status
through detailed arrangement
of papers which had
less meaning than a bread wrapper
The scratchy scrawl
of his fine tip pen
validated his self belief
while she peered out
in search of elusive happiness