Mariam Shoaib December 6, 2005
Tags: poverty , duty , children , compassion
oh,
wretched double-tap,
single handpress leaves a faint map I don’t want to travel
a broken fate line and couple hundred sweaty whorls,
quick, eyes assume gaze at ’bottom of car floor’,
(which needs a good vacuuming seems to me)
and daily ’aloof’ act is begun once more.
a hurried knuckle-knock follows,
eyes have consulted the lit-up signal,
’n bare feet sense
failed motorbike kickstarts gain momentum
with suzuki revs resonating across
their asphalt home.
so stubborn,
traffic-weathered
all of me
doesn’t budge
an inch.
as it’s hand-shadow fades out
in the sudden lurch of
gear one,
i realize
it was the smallest shadow i’d ever seen...
My daily commute through a busy intersection this summer had its toll on me. I came to realize how its only fate that dictated who would be inside the car and who, palms outstreched, outside.
wretched double-tap,
single handpress leaves a faint map I don’t want to travel
a broken fate line and couple hundred sweaty whorls,
quick, eyes assume gaze at ’bottom of car floor’,
(which needs a good vacuuming seems to me)
and daily ’aloof’ act is begun once more.
a hurried knuckle-knock follows,
eyes have consulted the lit-up signal,
’n bare feet sense
failed motorbike kickstarts gain momentum
with suzuki revs resonating across
their asphalt home.
so stubborn,
traffic-weathered
all of me
doesn’t budge
an inch.
as it’s hand-shadow fades out
in the sudden lurch of
gear one,
i realize
it was the smallest shadow i’d ever seen...
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