You Are Amazing

It’s sunny outside

as the girl at the door

stands guard.

The people in the house

are busy,

they scurry

with boxes and books and bedding

from the house to the car

and the car to the house

back to the car, to the house, to the car

all afternoon

they transport their lives

from one place

to another.

Later, the sun setting,

the confrontation takes place

And then, with the number

for the police taped to the fridge,

the girl who stood guard

goes home.

Leaving the family

to reclaim their future.