Bystander
When I am left, again,
holding disappointment for the world I am apart
of, I am on a back winding road in torrential rainfall.
Hazard lights blink revealing a vehicle up ahead:
a dump truck, ambulance, no—
a school bus stops. Yellow lights turn red
in rain so thick I cannot see the tiny stop sign fold out.
A man drapes a jacket over a child stepping off the bus,
cradles him under his arm into their van
parked feet from the bus stop.
Back he goes three more times, sheltering tiny feet
through the monsoon, and my eyes
well with tears at this immense love.
I am a bystander of their little world
suspended between two strong arms.
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