Typewriter Series #2728 by Tyler Knott Gregson*Just a reminder,...

Typewriter Series #2728 by Tyler Knott Gregson

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I saw it in my hands first, before
the rest of me. Time catching up,
aging made tangible, spooked me
a spell, if I’m honest.  These are my
father’s hands, I said to no one,
where did I go?  

Strong hands, I think I’d risk to
offer, long fingers with ink I’ve added
over the years, veins still lifted
above the surface, like underskin
rivers downstream from the
mountain I call a heart.  

These have held so much weight,
have tenderly touched faces,
felt tears soak into the surfaces,
these have known shaking,
and stillness,
these have earned the scars,
and still do.  

-Tyler Knott Gregson-