Tilt my chin to the skies and envision your skies: mostly gray, maybe cloudy, framed by the pine greens and you—
With your bright ass district colors among the earth tones and rainbow hair, marking the concrete like thunder rumbling clouds.
It makes me smile, it makes me smile.
Sonia Chintha is an Indian American writer who lives in the Washington DC area. She blogs, writes poetry, and fiction. She is also an English teacher who believes that our experiences teach us more than any test. She is the founder and co-editor of Good Little Girls.
Knees high, wide strides I run towards nothing away from everything laughing loud and free Bare feet on sand I chase after everything Stop Turn
Across the street there is hustle and bustle, A constant buzz of thrill— beats pumping, bodies moving Continuous action. Across from that is a still