Let me take your hand in my hand 
to place against my heart 
to rest my cheek upon it 
to kiss with lips apart. 
           ~
Let me trace each digit on it 
from base to slender end 
out onto each painted tip 
then slowly back again.
           ~
Let me take your face in my hand 
to place against my heart 
to rest my cheek upon it 
to kiss with lips apart.
           ~
Let me trace each line on it 
from brow to slender chin 
out onto each rounded tip 
then slowly back again.
          ~
Let me take your body in my hand 
to place against my heart 
to rest my cheek upon it 
to kiss with lips apart.
         ~
Let me trace each tress on it 
from top to every bend 
out onto each reaching tip 
then slowly back again.
   ~
Let me take your life in my hand 
to place against my heart 
to rest my cheek upon it 
to kiss with lips apart.
         ~
Let me trace each day on it 
from now till grave to tend 
out onto each flower tip 
then slowly back again.

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Tony Spivey 
Copyright 1999