Painted Nails, Callused Hands (hope this works...)

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Open Poetry #16

Painted Nails, Callused Hands (hope this works...)

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

0 posted 2001-10-15 09:44 PM

Painted Nails, Callused Hands

Like old souls
their hands lingered,
sometimes brushing,
one against the other
dancing tentatively back to back,
each wanting but waiting for the other,
both wanting to grasp and hold,
to passionately embrace.
to squeeze till the need is spent,
then lie in the restful splendor
of the other's warmth.
Painted nails and callused hands
longing for the other's touch,
too shy to be the first to show the need,
brush again in cloaked desire,
then part forever...waving
goodbye.

w. james beard, jr.
© August 2001

[This message has been edited by jwesley (edited 10-15-2001).]

SpitFire
Member Elite

since 2000-04-19

Posts 2396

1 posted 2001-10-15 10:02 PM

~Oh J! Perfect. Expressed with such a passion. Beautiful. Miss your stuff. *Peace.

"to squeeze till the need is spent",...

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

2 posted 2001-10-15 10:04 PM

Whoa! This I like!! Great imagery here and oh a lovely little tale.
Well done! ~Nancy~

~I've loved you forever, in lifetimes before.~

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

3 posted 2001-10-16 09:26 AM

I've lived this...it worked for me, the poem that is *s

~Wynter

"The worst prison would be a closed heart".
...Pope John Paul II

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