Shiver

A Poem

Rebeca Ansar
Nov 4 · 1 min read
Photo by nrd on Unsplash

this blanket is too fragile

insufficient tissue to protect the heart
inadequate to supply warmth and
impossible to hide beneath

these fingertips are numb

lying amid an unknown cold
in the nascent hours of another day
only one consciousness is awake

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Rebeca Ansar

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B.A. South Asian Studies| B.A. Cognitive Science| Exploring the human condition through writing | Hyphenated American |Intersectional Feminist | rebecaansar.com

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