These are the others

EVERYTHING WE HOLD

We have held places in the water of our eyes
If we hold them well enough
They wouldn’t be washed down as we cry.
We have held memories just by sitting
Beside different people
Smelled their skin till we could tell black from white
If we hold our nose long enough
They won’t be washed down when our nose runs.
We have held cries, laughter, music and drama
These drums have made us dance a certain way
If we hold our ears long enough
They won’t be cleaned out with the dirt.

LARDO