Anna had lived there forever
In the house with the light blue door
She offered every new neighbour a hand
but they always wanted more

The Sinclair twins would use her pool
Leaving puddles and towels sprawled
Anna asked them to clean up
But they left when their mother called

Mr Dickson borrowed her power tools
Anna asked for them when they spoke
He eventually replaced them with his own
and pretended he didn’t know how they broke

Ms Lincoln borrowed ingredients
Sugar, flour, peanut butter
but when Anna fell and cried out for help
Ms Lincoln silently closed her shutters

Mrs Kathy took hours of Anna’s time
Complaining about misconduct
But whenever Anna tried to talk in turn
Kathy told her it was rude to interrupt

When the newspapers filled with warnings
Anna told all about her shelter
It had enough room and food for all
As expected of their thankless helper

At midnight the sirens blared
They feared they’d be dead before the dawn
But Anna bid them welcome to her basement
And they waited in the dark for the power to turn on

It was perhaps an hour later
Still waiting for their host to provide
That someone found the door locked
and barred from the outside

Anna carried the key upstairs
and turned off the recording of sirens
perhaps she’d let them out
When she’d had enough peace and silence

Based on an earlier two sentence story