Popcorn

I find it interesting that internal bleeding can be so deadly

Because you don’t even know 

Until it’s often too late

No one pays attention to your symptoms

One,

tender, small hands

reaching for the bottle of milk,

the contents inside sloshing around.

Two,

dragging a faded stuffed bunny

around the kitchen’s island,

one… more… step…

Three,

Amelia taught us to soar.

Marie taught us to think.

Sally taught us to fly.

Eleanor taught us to speak up.

Jane taught us to write.

Rosa taught us to stand up.

Anne taught us not to forget our history.