The window is open
The curtains are curled
The sun shines brightly
I can’t hear a sound
Nothing is broken
All lights are on
No-one inside
I am not afraid of the four rapid gun-shots
© 2016 Melinda Irvine
Reality
Melinda J. Irvine is an Australian writer, poet, and blogger living between the Philippines and Australia. Mel is adopted mum to Jerry, a Filipino boy she met in 2015 while volunteering after Typhoon Yolanda. All the money she earns as a freelance writer and author get her one step closer to legally adopting Jerry — plus helping the other kids from his village go to school.