Two Hands
Use both hands!
Two hands!
I tell her
She brings the cup
to her lips
with both hands
and spills
not a drop
this time
Then she smiles
and laughs back at me
Use both hands!
Two hands!
Perhaps she knows
my life has cleft
One hand giving
one hand taking
One hand creating
the other destroying
So I reach out
and take the world
in both hands
two hands
and shed
not a tear
this time
© 1997, TAJ
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