Challenge
write about hands
this is me begging for the romanticism of something SO underrated
you
they say you have piano fingers, life gave you a doctor's scrawl
and I think it's elegant the way you pretend to lift your pinky when you drink
you tap your fingers when you're nervous, a steady beat against your palm
and your mom hates it when you crack your knuckles
but I like the way it makes your fingers pulse and your arms flex
a small and private showing of what your hands might do next
and your fingers are methodical
they count every freckle on my cheek, on my shoulder, down my back
and life gave you a blessing with hands that pulsate heat
I was given ice to match the fire that lives within your fingers and your palms
and I think its nice when your hand takes mine
our fingers laced together in a tapestry of life
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