Thursday, 19 May 2011

hand in hand

Picture Credit: Reymundo

I lay my hand 
on back of yours
letting my lifeline surge into you
invisible to us all,
those lines tell a tale
only to the skin

each little mark
mingles with other
my palm turns 
towards yours
our palms silently speak
of their illicit love affairs

"I pen the words, to put on yours"
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18 comments:

  1. Brian Miller19 May 2011 at 19:39

    ha. nice. when we were in college my wife wrote a poem on my hand...hands are so evocative...lovely write

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  2. TALON19 May 2011 at 19:48

    "those lines tell a tale
    only to the skin" - how beautiful and how true.

    This is so evocative and so beautiful.

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  3. G-Man19 May 2011 at 20:43

    Gautami...
    You have the most insightful 55's every week.
    And you are such a creative talent as well.
    Loved your 55.
    Don't hold my hand....
    Thanks for playing, and gave a Kick Ass Week-End

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  4. Fiducia20 May 2011 at 00:15

    '...our palms silently speak
    of their illicit love affairs...'

    Nicely captured! As I read the lines, the vision of a relation flashed by...a silent understanding..Beautiful!

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  5. A Daft Scots Lass20 May 2011 at 03:01

    I have hands love shovels but they tell a story...

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  6. MorningAJ20 May 2011 at 03:07

    That's beautiful.

    I'm up here.

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  7. Mama Zen20 May 2011 at 10:22

    "those lines tell a tale
    only to the skin"

    That's gorgeous.

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  8. laurie kolp20 May 2011 at 11:16

    I love poems about hands... yours is lovely!

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  9. Andy20 May 2011 at 12:42

    Lovely write Gautami.

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  10. Mystic Margarita20 May 2011 at 15:13

    Beautifully evocative lines -- awesome write!

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  11. joanny20 May 2011 at 15:19

    There are at this point in time countless confirmations of the fact that all human expressions of intelligence both in art/craft and the written/spoken word are rooted in the hands. One is the insight that the study of metaphor provides.

    I could go on and on ---- your poem as metaphor for the use of love between two people says it all hands down,

    joanny

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  12. ayala20 May 2011 at 17:33

    I love this.."those lines tell a tale only to the skin" beautiful.

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  13. Christine20 May 2011 at 19:00

    that knowing touch, very nice 55.

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  14. Helena20 May 2011 at 20:03

    This is lovely!

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  15. Cad20 May 2011 at 23:56

    I like holding hands, too...

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  16. Leo21 May 2011 at 07:45

    I pen the words to put on yours.. Liked it!

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  17. Jingle21 May 2011 at 19:24

    creative one,
    well done.

    Happy Weekend.

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  18. mindlovemisery23 May 2011 at 03:05

    I love this poem =) Hands convey so much sentiment. Wonderful

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