Directions Lyrics
Don’t drop your sister. Ever.
Especially when I’m gone. I don’t believe
you care as much as I do. I want to, but
how could you, really?
And should you? Gorgeous wind
in your sails. But I need you
to carry her, to want to carry her.
Hold her hands on both sides, crossings ahead
swift and brutal. Never let her out of your sight,
like years ago in the park, in the mall, at the movies.
Like after church on the lawn when your father
wasn’t looking, didn’t correct those who only asked
about the first two. Promise me she won’t inhale
the ammonia smell of group mess halls,
wince at the prying fingers of hired help.
Promise me, girls.
Especially when I’m gone. I don’t believe
you care as much as I do. I want to, but
how could you, really?
And should you? Gorgeous wind
in your sails. But I need you
to carry her, to want to carry her.
Hold her hands on both sides, crossings ahead
swift and brutal. Never let her out of your sight,
like years ago in the park, in the mall, at the movies.
Like after church on the lawn when your father
wasn’t looking, didn’t correct those who only asked
about the first two. Promise me she won’t inhale
the ammonia smell of group mess halls,
wince at the prying fingers of hired help.
Promise me, girls.
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“Directions” is a poem by Kamilah Aisha Moon from her debut volume of poetry She Has a Name. The volume presents multiple perspectives of a young woman with autism.
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