15 April 2020

submerged - III

yesterday
I was paralysed by grief again
I found myself holding on 
to the edge of the sink
staggering, shaken,
when I came to

later,
peeling potatoes,
I found myself with my hands 
submerged in the hot water
I had slipped them in,
then held them there,
unthinking

I, 
who have always been 
so careful with my hands, 
now I don't even flinch 
when they are burning

I don't even know.

No comments:

Post a Comment