A Touch from Aging Fingers

my fingers are starting to feel old
as if all of time's energy
were stored within them

I have fantasies of how to use my touch
to release these pent up years
settled into my phalanges

hand to me all your inhibitions
I will drown your fears with small strokes
circulating trust's respiratory system

then I will trace your scars
with intricate tiny motions
exposing all sensitivity

to this moment


did you think that love would come

without a price?


I can only begin to wonder
how time's power sent forth
in these motions will change us

I can barely imagine how these

aging hands

could touch anything
this important

but still

I reach out


did I think that love would come

without a price?


looking for some repose

something to say,

"With love,

your touch has changed

my world."

and our bond will last

eternal