Hands

You have beautiful hands
When hands were handed
out
You were head of the queue.

You have beautiful hands
long, slender stem-like
fingers
Your favourite foliage?
Palms? Digitalis?

You have beautiful hands
If I were a guitar
I would love you to
Stroke my strings, pluck me
until I gave sweet music

You have beautiful hands
If I were Braille I would
have you read me
gentle sensitive fingertips
moving over me

I would offer up this
one simple truth
Your hands, they are beautiful.

Summer 2003