Dorm Window

Sounds of street life,
Oakland, cars and shopping carts
go by. Giant trucks squeeze
by, city busses travel at
the speed of light.

Sounds of nature, next door
to a black asphalt juxtaposed
the green to grey to burnt
umber houses with dark red roofs.

Sounds of birds that cheep!
In the trees of Oak and pine,
Eucalyptus sublime sends off
A scent only trees can find.

Sounds of fan, also green,
with stickers on its shell next
to a street of people who
live and people to meet,
Oakland, bugs and bees
fly by. Giant sun beams alight
the hills outside
A room outside
A dorm room outside
A college dorm room outside
A beautiful mind that breaks
(in due time)
the barrier beyond the city life outside.