Once she could have held anything steady and safe: a glass … - Lisa Suhair Majaj

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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.

Lisa Suhair Majaj

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Lisa Suhair Majaj (born 1960) is a Palestinian-American poet and scholar.

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how a word transforms us
seedling taking delicate hold
or a weed choking the tender plants
news enters us and puts down roots

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

Who knew the past would follow us so far,
years collapsing like an ancient accordion,
scraps of memory tucked like torn photographs
into the sockets of our eyes?

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. - Lisa Suhair Majaj

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