JACKIE LEA SOMMERS

Author & Advocate

Afterward

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Jackie Lea Sommers

AFTERWARD

Rediscovery is slow,
tentative,
a necklace beaded
with doubt and risk.

We who once touched
and knew and loved
are moved like strangers
to the start,
and I have to wonder:

What will break
if I take your hand?

6 thoughts on “Afterward”

makingspacetobreathe on May 16, 2013 at 8:56 pm said:

Beautiful. Words and image. Did you make the collage too?

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- jackieleasommers on May 16, 2013 at 9:11 pm said:
  
  Thank you so much! I didn’t make the collage … I wish I had!
  
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Bethany on May 16, 2013 at 8:57 pm said:

True and beautiful 🙂

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- jackieleasommers on May 16, 2013 at 9:06 pm said:
  
  Thanks Bethany!
  
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Tina Barbour on May 16, 2013 at 9:34 pm said:

Lovely, Jackie. I love the image of the necklace.

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- jackieleasommers on May 16, 2013 at 9:35 pm said:
  
  Thank you so much, Tina! It’s always nice to get such a nice comment from a fellow writer!
  
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