I grew up in a household
where everyone dreamed
in color
but only one of us was left-handed.
She became the artist.

Now there is another, a child
who frets
because he's read that
right-handed people live longer.

Don't worry, I tell him.
Look at Auntie Marilyn.
She has grown very old
even though
she's lived a reckless
left-handed life,
and creates many
beautiful things.

© by Marsha Foss.
Used with the author’s permission.