- Dorisa Smith Silva
Playing in the Dirt
Playing in the Dirt
Young boy in white tee and red shorts
plays in the dirt.
He finds seeds of uncertainty;
they stain his shirt.
He bathes them with tears
as they glide
into a Coke bottle
like whispering raindrops.
His mother pours this liquid—
feeds the soil
with his confusion
and thinks not
of pure cries,
but of the stain.
—Dorsía Smith Silva