Screaming Kid Poem by Vera Sidhwa

That tiny screaming kid on the block,
Fell of her bike colored blue.
That it made me feel blue too,
For that kid took a big spill on the sidewalk.

That sidewalk didn't pick her up.
And her bicycle didn't reassure her.
Though I came-up to help her,
She screamed on the sidewalk.

She screamed cutely for her mommy.
But I couldn't figure out where she was.
So in the nick of time I decided to,
Hand her over a chocolate bar.

Which she TOSSED AWAY,
Making me wonder what I should say,
To this girl who screamed so much.
I couldn't even walk away.

So I decided to knock on all the street doors,
When the first one opened, I described the scene.
The woman screamed to say, 'that's my girl on the street.'

When mom finally reached and hugged her girl,
The child stopped screaming.

So only a mother's hug,
And not another's,
Could stop a child's inner,
And outer screaming.