Watching You Hold Your Hatred
© 2008 Alice Walker
Watching you
Hold
Your
Hatred
For such a long time
I wonder:
Isn't it
Slippery?
Might you
Not
Someday
Drop it
On
Yourself?
I wonder:
Where does it sleep
If ever?
And where
Do
You deposit
It
While you
Feed
Your
Children
Or
Sit
In the
Lap
Of
The one
Who
Cherishes
You.
There is no
Graceful
Way
To
Carry
Hatred.
While
Hidden
It is
Everywhere.
