I want to go back in time and sit beside her
Document her in a home movie
So my eyes can spend the rest of their life's
Witnessing a miracle
The ones whose life I never think of before mine
I want to know what she laughed about with
Friends In the village within houses
Of mud and brick
Surrounded by acres of mustard plant
And sugarcane
I want to sit with a teenage version of my mother
Ask about her dreams
Become her pleated braid
The black kohl caressing her eyelids
The flour neatly packed into her fingertips
A page in her schoolbooks
Even to be a single thread of her Cotten dress
Would be the greatest gift.
To whiteness a miracle - rupi kaur
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Growing pains | a hannie fan fiction |
Fanfiction"Annie, I don't know how long we can both stay here." She said as my eyes opened wide. "what do you mean?" I asked raising a brow. "maybe we move out." She said slowly as I sat back and really thought about her choice of plan. My mind wandered in...
