I thought at first that this was about prayer beads or healing then reading
further decided maybe not. A man may need something else to hold on to when
the going gets tough. It may be my mind and I may be wrong. So enough said.
But the poem is clever Grassy. SallyJ
>From: grasshopper <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: New sub: Hands on
>Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 21:11:07 -0000
>
> Hands on
>
>
>It started with the fingers -
>something to hold,
>to manipulate through stress
>and uncertainty.
>
>He liked the feel;
>he gripped it tight
>till it was vital as oxygen.
>
>It moved to a lung,
>that darkened core like a fossil,
>but not dead, growing:
>
>The thought makes him
>stretch out his hand
>to take hold.
>
> grasshopper
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