These words are the weight cupped in our palms: the small broken note of freedom. - Lisa Suhair Majaj

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consider the infinite fragility of an infant's skull,
how the bones lie soft and open
only time knitting them shut

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We learned to let our faces hide
our selves, to speak our story in a private
tongue, the past a shadow in our bones.

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Once she could have held anything steady
and safe: a glass of tea, her brother's baby.
Now her hands shake at the weight of a fork.

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