The Moving Truck Poem
In the back of the moving truck
When the door shuts
And it all goes dark
And the engine starts
And the vibrations shake
Everything that was not tied down properly
Gets jostled
As the weight shifts
When the truck leaves
And some things fall
With every turn And heirlooms break
That we have held onto Because we were supposed to
We do not stop moving
Because we know
that when we get
to the new house
it will be bigger
and better
and more beautiful
with no cracks in the foundation
and enough room for everyone
to sleep peacefully.
Copyright © 2017 by Andru Defeye. From Illicit (2017). Used with permission of the poet.