The Cry

The cry 

A warm August day
A child
Drawn to the ornamental pool
A surface of lilies 
A mother calls
Her child
A face 
Whiter than the lilies 
Floats in the light
A scream
Pierces a hole in the sky
A fraction of a second
Nature is silent.
Then it gears up again
Ad nauseous
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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