Gantsilyo

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Yarn, like stems
Winding around a steel bough.

Shaped into something different,
Gloves, a scarf – a present

For your absentee mother.

Stalks pulled apart by tension
With lasting curls,

Never returning to what it was.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ysabel Javier
Ysabel Javier
Ysabel Javier is a sophomore Creative Writing student at the University of Santo Tomas.

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