The View From the Corner

A short poem about the view from the only small window in my room

A grey roof below and neighboring houses

Dry gutters

A young tree by the backyard fence

Looking over into the neighbor's garden

Fences and houses down the street

A small birdie from yesterday's badminton game is lost on the roof

The leaves on the trees begin to turn red and orange

The colors of fall

Sometimes people in their backyards playing on jungle gyms

Grilling on the grill

Always tall trees and wooden fences, suburban paradise

The sun in the distant west

The sky beginning to turn dark

White clouds above and green grass below

A T.V. on in an upstairs window of a distant house

A silhouette of a woman making dinner

Other windows with other view points

And other people behind them looking back at me