The sky is grey today.
There is a war next door.
Father says he may not return.
Brother says otherwise.
Mother continues to clean.
The sky is grey today.
The bodega owner is dead.
A murder the news claimed.
Flowers stand outside his shop.
The coffee is still on the pot.
The sky is grey today.
Brother ran off to fight.
Father still has not returned.
It is just mother and I now.
Wonder if she notices they're gone.
The sky is grey today.
My best friend will move soon.
Another family her worker told her.
She tells me this next one will be the one.
Wonder why this one wasn't enough.
The sky is grey today.
Mother has fallen ill.
Doctor says her time is short.
Funeral preparations have begun.
One less mouth to feed.
The sky is grey today.
Wonder when it will rain.