To. get. her.

September 15, 2021

To . Get . Her

I’ve always been

obsessed

with hands

they are what

or what I always

thought held

people together

together

together

I learned to spell

‘together’ in the first

grade when my teacher

told me to think

‘to get her’

get her

so now I can spell

but still somehow

I have trouble with

certain words

I don’t like to say them

or feel

or feel them

so maybe I’ll forget

how to spell them

but not ‘together’

that word I can’t forget

I got a concussion last

year

and I thought I

remembered  who was

holding my hand but

I got it wrong

I don’t remember right

who was holding my

hand

holding me together

no hands

no

it’s tape

maybe some glue

I’m gluing myself

together

together

to-get-her

to get her back

to get myself back

I  am taping

I am gluing

nothing wants to stick

so I stuck out my hand

I am grasping

I

Need to feel more than

glue dripping down my

cracked skull

my concussed

memories my taped up

wounds

I need to be more

than a third-grade art

project

I want to be a

masterpiece with my

tape and my glue

I can put together

to get her

back

to get me back

bring me back

together

By Aimee Hunt

Republished by permission from Legacy Spring 2021

Southern Adventist University