an untitled poem, by Shekinah Louis

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based on The Lovely Bones (2009) directed by Peter Jackson

it never presented itself

as a slap to the face,

a hard stare, a sharp word,

no—

to me, it came as a hug,

a breeze,

a friendly pat on the shoulder

a whisper to tell me

i was doing a good job.

i had the world in the palm of my hand

scribbled and messy, impossible to understand,

a universe of boys and homework and

childish ways that i’d save the less-fortunate,

everything was laid out before me

and then suddenly, nothing was.

you were in my hands.

running, slipping away from me

drying out each path you left and

crumbling the prints in my thumbs to dust

you were all of my present and my future

and my life after too—

with a good heart and the audacity to smile,

you held me lifeless.

i watch from afar

i can do nothing but

greet my loved ones with a hug,

a gentle breeze, an embrace on their shoulder,

they feel me with them and then suddenly, i know—

i’ve done a good job.

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A poem by Shekinah Louis, writer at 3shotcine.

The Lovely Bones (2009) is directed by Peter Jackson, and is an adaptation from Alice Sebold's novel of the same title.

The Lovely Bones is available to stream on Hulu.

Shekinah is a 22-year old creator and poet, who strongly holds to the belief that there is no such thing as a bad film. If you've ever come across a "terrible" movie that has made you laugh — it has fulfilled its purpose! Following a passion that bloomed during her days at The Actors Studio by klpac, as well as the opportunity of being cast as an extra in a local Netflix movie (a fact Shekinah will announce to you within minutes of meeting her), she is confident that some of our greatest films are the ones forged on local soil.

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