By nikki
Date: 23 November 2000
Hands
cruel hands
reaching
grasping
just out of reach
teasing fingers
lightly brushing
barely touching
silken skin
crying out
long abandoned
work weary
weather worn
hands of old
cradling those much younger
Give me your hands
that I might hold
once more
the warmth of human touch.
NL 9-25-00
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