Notes About The Poem

Hands

I stare
one hand works
one broken
I have only one heart
it does not work
broken by yesterdays
now I am blind
in one eye
the other
stares at my hands

one hand works
one broken

I sit in silence
staring at a pill bottle

It will be ok
you see
even if I do not
I have no lover
no one to behold
no one to caress

Only one hand
one eye
one life that flew away

A lark sings a song
that goes like this

One hand works
one broken
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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Dietrich Avatar
November 2, 2018 at 2:38 PM
wow, such poignancy, Arthur. I really love this poem and style! Thanks for your comment. Sorry i am taking so long lately to get to people!!
Dietrich Avatar
November 2, 2018 at 2:38 PM
oh my, the captcha was war!!
Smith Avatar
November 1, 2018 at 7:46 PM
Got to hand it to you, one hell of a poem
De Beaulieu Avatar
November 1, 2018 at 6:23 PM
Hello Arthur, sorry to read you are sick, Get better soon. I hope your bones heal very soon. Have a nice evening my friend.
White Avatar
November 1, 2018 at 3:25 PM
I honestly hope your hand ill in a while look better than the ones in all those small pictures :)
Pigeon Tart Avatar
November 1, 2018 at 8:45 AM
Your lines and between them, evocative write my friend. xomo
Allison Avatar
November 1, 2018 at 4:06 AM
Hope you heal fast Art and it takes 2 hands to open a pill bottle I know I struggled when I broke my finger ... and as long as they are for pain relief I won't worry :-) hugs Jan xx
Wolf Avatar
October 31, 2018 at 10:52 PM
Even with a broken hand and half blind you write better than most of us
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