Most Days

ANNA B. GONZALEZ

March 27, 2020

The sun shines

like every other day.

Yet it is quiet,

quieter than most days.

Inside

children are laughing,

keyboards are clacking,

dogs are barking.

As night falls,

The darkness is revealing.

Inside

children are worried,

parents are scared,

dogs are comforting.

The streets are empty,

emptier than most days.

ANNA B. GONZALEZ is an elementary school assistant principal for the Pharr San Juan Alamo Independent School District and a part-time lecturer for the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg, Texas. She is currently a PhD. Candidate in Curriculum & Instruction at Texas Tech University specializing in Language, Diversity, and Literacy Studies.