Giant's Hands (2003)

"The one person who will never leave us

Whom we will never lose is ourselves."*

These words of my muse breeze the tip of my bottom lip

As I anxiously search for my scattered regrets

Slashed out by a giant's hands
No one can know of these secret plans
But the giant does not heed my plea for sympathy

No, he took Cupid's arrow bent it over his knee
Glared in delight at the serrated edge and stabbed consistently
His eyes rolled back
And his toes curled up in ecstasy
Stealing my security

"The one person who will never leave us
Whom we will never lose is ourselves."

I could have run away like so many other days
When I refused to face life
But this time, I took the knife from his clutched hand
And split apart my strife
Put an end to all the misery
Of what others say is to be
Finally I can breathe
And the giant has empathy
Yea, he feels for me

Gives me back my regrets
Gives me back my regrets
Gives me back my regrets

On the condition that I will never forget:
"The one person who will never leave us
Whom we will never lose is ourself."
*bell hooks (2002) Communion: The Female Search for Love