Hush Caleb Brennan
Even outside the wind blows with harm, but the water in here is warm just like our bathing skins.
As I pull back the shower curtain, that blocks out the world, You hush me, Not to the wake the kids.
Gripping the towel carefully, not dipping it, I have thrown it over your shoulders. The very way I threw my jacket over you
during that rainy night we blocked out the riots. That night at the tower, the fireside, The river ablaze, our hearts blown clear open like a shop window.
Even now as we dry ourselves, we can hear them outside.‘ They will always be after us,’ I whisper. You hush me, in case we wake the kids.
10