Simms, Livy

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Calliope Volume 51 Lineage: Sown in the Earth Article 44 5-1-2019 My Mother's Hands Livy Simms University of the Pacific Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/calliope  Part of the Poetry Commons Recommended Citation Simms, Livy (2019) "My Mother's Hands," Calliope: Vol. 51 , Article 44. Available at: https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/calliope/vol51/iss1/44 This Poem is brought to you for free and open access by the College of the Pacific Journals at Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Calliope by an authorized editor of Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact mgibney@pacific.edu. My Mother’s HandsLivy Simmsmy mother’s hands have always reminded me of a skeleton’sI know there is one inside of herthere is one in all of usI never thought I would seethose bones so soonsome skin has managed to grow back over timeit grows back thickerand stronger only to be torn away againevery few monthsmy mother’s hands that anxiously pick away atchipping nail polishyet somehow they manageto stay cleanmy hands never feel cleanmy hands make mistakesthey fumblethey ache despite my youthI didn’t receive my mother’s handsand I hope I never domy hands should be my ownmy mother’s hands know how to be caringthey also knowhow to hurt4342After DegasMadison Miller

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