everyday she looks out her window

she watches her neighbors as they go about their day

she wonders why they do not confide in her though

she criticizes their every move and motive

she is an unhappy woman

she never wanted to move to this place

where she is an insignificant part

she wishes she were still in the lives of her children

but they have long ago outgrown her

she tells her husband it is all his fault

if only he were not sick they could travel as they had planned

why has life left her on the wayside?

she wishes to be in the center of things

but is rebuffed at every turn

she is just being neighborly