The Beauty of A Person's Hands

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Open Poetry #27

The Beauty of A Person's Hands

Bonnie j
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since 2003-06-27

Posts 1588
Ohio

0 posted 2003-07-12 08:30 AM

The Beauty of A Person’s Hands

They are
unique in their own personal way,
a person’s hands.
Like a baby’s hands-
Soft and warm
Tiny fingers curious and tender,
reaching out to the
world and its untold mysteries.
A young child-
Nails broken and dirty
Fingers stroking your cheek
when a tear gently falls down
your dampened face.
Hands of an artist or a musician-
Their fingers
long and elegant filled with grace.
Hands of a working man of the field,
or the mother
who gently caresses
the pain and hurt away.
The doctor’s hands
strong and sensitive
with a tender healing touch.
Each finger pattern is different
never two the same.
They are like a well traveled highway
going in many directions
with many destinations.
My hands are small, not very strong,
they are filled with
love and tenderness.
They are a painter of words.
They are one person’s hands.

Bonnie J.Sittler
From Words Floating On The Wind
Copyright 2002

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

1 posted 2003-07-12 01:24 PM

never really thought much about hands...I will now though!

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

2 posted 2003-07-12 01:27 PM

Bonnie I enjoyed your tribute to the hands .... they are one of the most important attributes to know a person ...

Love, Margherita

QjQ
Member Elite

since 2003-04-18

Posts 3756
U.S.A.

3 posted 2003-07-12 11:40 PM

beautiful write,,,
as always....

A voice of honesty
   is treasured
more than voices
   of flattery
      QjQ

x8x_bigmike
Member

since 2003-07-08

Posts 130
California, USA

4 posted 2003-07-13 12:19 PM

there is a certain honesty mixed with an intimate understanding of the english language. This is the second poem I have read..I am a fan

Mike

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