His hands opened
Her’s holding onto love
mine filled with photographs
another’s rasping my shoulder for money
© 2018 Melinda J. Irvine
- Daily Post: Awkward
- I’m part of Post A Day 2018
- Location: La Paz, Iloilo (Philipppines)
Hands
Melinda J. Irvine is an Australian writer, poet, and blogger living between the Philippines and Australia. Mel is adopted mum to Jerry, a Filipino boy she met in 2015 while volunteering after Typhoon Yolanda. All the money she earns as a freelance writer and author get her one step closer to legally adopting Jerry — plus helping the other kids from his village go to school.