this poem was based on a painting

[fora_da_poeira]

wednesday morning in a french fishing village

an old house lies
hidden among the others
while inside a mother falls
deaf to her baby's cries
one more time today.
the baby howling loudly
thinks of how different
things would be if just once
her mother came with her
love and a smile.
and the endless cries would end
for just a little while.