What shuttered windows will not tell
Is whether tossing thunder slept
While light cracked, shattered and fell.
Within, where children dwell,
Restless dreams like raccoons crept
Where windows will not tell.
Wake up, dear child, say all is well.
Vows of solemn silence were kept
While light cracked, shattered and fell.
Outside are vacant lots to sell.
How hard or long the absent wept,
Shuttered windows cannot tell.
Unuttered darkness does repel
Broad vision. We have to respect
The way light cracked, shattered and fell.
Still, dreadful silence we’ll dispel
And stir in the night to expect
Darker truths that windows may tell
Now that light cracked, shattered, fell.
