a wire away.

I swallowed my tears 

to tell my grandma goodbye:

'I'm gonna go 

for now,

don't tell Father I called'.

'don't worry, I won't' - she said 

'courage and luck,

courage and luck, dear child,

is what you need the most

right now.'

I swallowed my tears

as I hung up the phone

because courage

was nowhere in sight.

V.