I am always dropping things
losing them carelessly
As if I forget that my hands
can keep a hold of them
Is it involuntary for some?
the muscles of the fingers
that grip on to important items
and not forget them?
Once, I held a pencil
in school in the hallways
and upon arriving to class
it was gone
many times, it was gone
Once, I had a mother
She ignored me
and I wanted nothing more
than to see her smile at me
and she too was gone
she left crying and broken
I learned to become accustomed
to things falling away
and perhaps it was
because I was absentminded,
whether or not I tried
to be
Is anything permanent? Is it my fault?
I choose to hold on tight
Even if later
I arrive to class
and my hands are empty
-Les'Nspired
