The Street

The rain falls gently

Just hard enough to break the silence of the night on the sleeping street.

The little birds singing to greet the day.

One light turns on,

Then slowly one by one the houses light up.

As the sun creeps over the horizon, newspapers fly and plop on doorsteps.

Three small children run out of one house, followed by their mother.

From another house comes a recent college graduate looking nervous about the first day of work.

One by one the houses empty until the street is silent again.