Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Empty Hands

May 2008 Creative Writing


Both hands are hanging

empty

at my sides.

My steps are quick and purposeful:

Just get to class.

 

My enviously green eyes catch

cuddles

and nuzzles

and other things I don’t have.

 

It seems like every other hand in the world

has someone else’s in it.

Every finger woven into a safe embrace

 

except mine.

 

The only things my hands hold

are pencils during the day and my

wet face at night.

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