Borders

[KaliTracy]

Driving through Pennsylvania,
the trees balance the weight of several
snow storms, bowing towards home.
Between our pane of glass
and the outside mist of fallen clouds
is a world we have never before encountered.

We sit in the back seat, the children
at almost thirty years of age
and your parents must find ways
to describe what we all see ~ how beautiful ~
defining for us once again things they think
we don't know. But their voices dissolve all
creative thought. Lost in whiteness, I shut them
out as they try to write a commercial
for something that must be felt
through silence.


tracy lynn
1992/93

[Droopy]

1. Good work

I've had those moments where words are not adequate to describe the landscape. But I also find interesting the views that the speaker has about her/his family that are expressed in the scene. There's a lot more there than just a description of a family get together and a snowy day. The attitude of the speaker says that this may not be the happiest family.

[KaliTracy]

2. my in-laws are sort of cloying.... i have another about MIL that is a

doozy....

[pinerow]

3. I like it...!!!

It is a sheme that some people don't understand that one say say volumes by being silent...