By SHELIA BLAND

Cave living
Windows on the North Side
Dim light
Dim vision.
Errant sounds from
Invisible noise makers–
Brick walls, other windows
Block these
Windows on the North side.
Perpetual twilight.
The life-flow
Outside these windows
Passes by
Leaving the cave life
Inside this cave
Like cave drawings –
Perpetual,
Yet, frozen in place.

Shelia Bland lives in Midtown Phillips. She has been writing most of her life to help herself understand the experiences and people in her shared world.