123 ABC 

Anthony Hanible

1

2

3

The count you whisper

To steady the tremor

That doesn’t listen

A

B

C

The letters you line up

Like tiny anchors

Hoping one of them

Will hold

Numbers try to cage the chaos.

Letters try to name the fear

But between them

In that thin

Humming space

An unease flickers

Quick as a pulse

Sharp as a thought you can’t finish

Still you keep counting

Still you keep spelling

Because sometimes

The smallest symbols

Are the only things

That feel solid enough

To touch

 

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  • sorenbarrett

    It is out of atoms that molecules are built and from them cells and of cells organs and organs give way to organisms and societies and nations and the world. From the small come the large



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