Dear Reader: I started thinking about Pearl Harbour Day, that date is now upon us, and I remembered this story. I wrote it down in free verse. Thank you.
- Courtesy of the Oxnard Public Library
That night
Luna glowed as bright as a silver coin,
Pouring down
her liquid light into my room.
I stayed inside the warmth of my sheets
Feeling safe inside my nest,
And listened
to my sister’s dreams inside her sleeping sounds.
Aki and me,
were laughing for no reason,
We spent the days in her back yard,
Her mama watching
from behind the window
We were watching the Koi
Silently swim
below the lily pods.
Aki and me,
Now dust from an old man’s shelf.
“Mama!”
Was the sound that woke my sleeping
I felt the rumble coming before I heard it.
the windows rattled inside the putty
And I lost all thoughts of slumber.
I saw the light before I saw the shadows
move across the wall.
I heard the truck sounds come to a stop.
I heard the hard jack boot steps
then the hard brute shouting.
“Mama!” Was the sound that I heard.
The tailgate crashed down.
“Quiet in there! You’ll frighten the neighbours.”
I heard the sobbing and the angry words.
I stopped my knees from shaking
and I poked my fingers through the blinds.
“Mama!” Aki cried. She looked so white in
Her mama’s trembling arms
as they moved onto the sidewalk
in the light of the moon.
I saw her shiver in her flimsy gown.
Mama hurried to wrap her in her bed sheet.
Soldier men loaded all of them onto the back of the beast.
courtesy of the Oxnard Public Library
The house lights next door went dark
The trucks roared and rumbled
And I took myself one last look.
The tears from her eyes poured down her cheeks like quicksilver.
I saw Aki glance my way as the truck began to move.
No words she could have spoken yet she said all she needed.
Aki raised her tiny hand
Aki raised her tiny hand
Aki raised her tiny hand
and waved goodbye.
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