Cold
Furniture leaves stick by stick.
His cold furnishings in the storehouse
while I put away my feelings
one by one.
He suggests we still be friends
while we wait for new friends to happen,
as though he’s drawing closer
as he pulls away.
I keep creeping closer to the truth
that lies
in eyes
cold.
Cold
eyes,
nothing written there.
His hand edges closer
on the seat between us.
Like a deaf-mute,
all communication
in his hands.
But those hands
don’t know all
my languages.
Handless bodies
in El Salvador
might think
my demands on them
less foolish.
My mother’s hands
drumming fingers
while she told a sleepy tale.
I was always in it,
in dark forests where the bears lived,
and although she acted
like she didn’t know it,
I was in the forest, lost,
expecting bears
while only drumming fingers
foretold the presence
of something
cold.
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lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Drumming fingers is what do . Love your writing. Thanks for sharing Anita
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Thanks, Anita.
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Oh such a profound poem Judy.
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Not a current situation, happily…
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That’s good
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Very unsettling.
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I guess that’s what some poetry is meant to do.
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Chilling
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Poignant and very well constructed.
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