The Gift - a poem submission for the "holiday writing" mini-course #6

Dec 03, 2021

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The Gift

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by Shirley Silva

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Sometimes there is a present

Hooked from love-at-first-sight

Something you didn’t know you wanted

Tied up tight

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You touch it barely and tenderly

Fingers caressing paper smooth

Tips pressing creases, corners

String too taut to move

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You ache when you rip its skin, thin

Tissue rustles ra…

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