Will You Draw a House?
Dr Abe V RotorThe children made a house, each his own:
Post, walls, stair, window, door.
Cheek on palm, eyelids moving, thought of
TV, garage, swimming pool, Corinthian patio.
Twirling a pencil, pondered:
Trees, hills, mountains, cloud, sun.
“Here,” they showed their houses,
Proudly each his own.
“There’s something missing.”
Back to drawing board:
Birds in the sky and trees singing.
“Here,” they showed again their houses.
“There’s still something missing.
Would you like to live in your houses?”
Silence.
Fingers moved, lips tight:
More lines, shades, colors, now with flowers.
“Here,” they showed again their houses.”
“But there’s still one more missing.”
Pause.
A little girl in a corner drew and drew:
A house nearby, people around.
She showed her house.
And the children chorused: “Neighbor!” ~
Reprint from Sunshine on Raindrops by Dr Abercio V Rotor 2000, pp 13-14
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