Giselle Melgar
The Silent House
The sky is gloomy
Clouds fill the air
And there lies a town of grey
Cleared out walkways
No one in sight
Many fearing they may be next
The wind is strong
Blowing vacant windows open
Shelves are empty
People empty too
No light nearby
Just a town of silence
—Submitted on 05/15/2020
Giselle Melgar in entering seventh grade in Houston, where she was born. She spent her first few years in Hawaii, where her dad was stationed in the Marine Corp.
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