Your hands

Inspired by conversations with Ana Sophia, among other things ...

Your hands,
are nothing like
the ones that
came before.

Your hard,
is not one
from the in,
but from the out.

You are a man,
born of earth
and dirt and
work and pain.

Maybe that is
what I need,
to teach me
to love again.

Author's Note

Reviews

[NeiL ArandA]

They are hard to find and hard to come by if we aren't looking in all the right places. I love this line

You are a man,
born of earth
and dirt and
work and pain.

It's something about people who have been exposed to hard life make's them treasure the most important. Well expressed KLGoode :)

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you so much. I appreciate it

[DIVYA]

Sometimes, we need a different touch to revive age old emotions that lie dormant within us. The poem made much impact...

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you for reading and reviewing.

[MsJewel]

Sometimes the opposite is just what is needed! Simple and wise words my friend.

:) Julie

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you for your extended visit.

[therisa]

KL, there are things, a man can do, but, in all honesty, sometimes, a woman's touch is, the only thing needed, for the job. Of course, may be, a tad basis, being a lesbian. ;P

[Lyn Anderson]

Yes well this is more about the emotional than the physical with a person who has had a hard life and is used to hard work. :) thanks for your perspective.

[therisa]

KL, I know hard work and not afraid to do it, if need be. Just am so tired of people thinking, a woman is too delicate to do the job.

[Lyn Anderson]

I think the closest I can come to explaining is that I don't want what I had, but I still want a man in my life, just not one like the ones before.

[therisa]

That I can understand, KL. Am sorry, if I have caused you, any grief.

[Lyn Anderson]

Of course not, no worries.

[anne]

You are a man,
born of earth
and dirt and
work and pain.

Maybe that is
what I need,
to teach me
to love again......
its simple,straight and beautiful...:))

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you for stopping in.

[Tate Morgan]

That was sweet sometimes we find what we need is not what we wished for. It is possible to not really know what is best for ourselves.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you for reading and commenting.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

we become cynical and broken from all the pain of broken relationships...sometimes two broken people can become healed by the understanding they share...they find out trust can happen again...
the hard life makes us wiser, but also so much more skeptical and alert.

[Lyn Anderson]

Yes, I know you understand.

[NoelHC]

Good one, and I caught the intention of hard the first read!

[Lyn Anderson]

Well, I thought it was rather straight forward, but I guess, to some it looks like a glitch or a joke, which it is neither.

[NoelHC]

They have dirty minds!!!

[Laura Harrison]

I really love a poem that is simple but straight to the point. This is one of them, and oh so beautiful :)

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you, I like yours as well.

[Matching Socks]

Nicely done K. Hits all the right notes. :)

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you so much. I appreciate it.

[Lydia Shutter]

You need the opposite of what you had...totally! I think you might want to change "hard" to "hand"in the second stanza...though it did make me smile! LOL Good write. Lydi**

[Lyn Anderson]

No, the hard is intentional. As in, the hardness on the outside does not match the inside.

[Lydia Shutter]

Ohhh, I see.

[Lyn Anderson]

And yes, a little intentional double entendre as well. :)