These Hands. A poem by Lisa Reynolds

These Hands
					
These hands have touched the dead

Mothers, fathers
Little ones I can’t bear 
To speak of – but carry

Life should not be like this
Not end like this

Cries echo
Can you hear them
Hear their disbelief

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Lisa Reynolds is an internationally published Canadian Poet who advocates for social justice through her writing. In 2023, her poem “These Hands” was translated into Farsi and read on Ottawa Persian Radio and translated into Spanish and featured at an International Festival for Peace in Mexico. She is a member of The Ontario Poetry Society, Royal City Literary Arts Society, and the League of Canadian Poets. She lives east of Toronto.

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