The Body Crossing Borders
By Israel Tucker
My feet scrape across the ground,
Crunching sand between my toes,
The bottoms of my shoes long worn away
My eyes water from the dirt kicked up
From thousands of feet shuffling
My heart pounding
Trying to beat from my chest,
Anticipation a hammer
Against my ribcage
My shoulders throb
From the weight of my backpack
That couldn’t hold my whole life
Inside
My hands grasp for touch,
A soft pillow
Or warm water
Or my daughter’s soft hair
My tongue betrays me,
Too dry to speak,
But our thoughts still reach
Our ears, even without our voices
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