Scott Simpson · Poetry

How the Story Begins

Use For Kindling · source pages 24

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A mother calls,

warns you about

her son.

You meet her

as the world

has not.

You listen until

her voice trembles

into truth.

You learn about

the weight

school has carried

in her bones.

And when her boy

steps into your room,

you greet him like

someone still becoming.