Hands unfold dimensionally
as galaxies spinning
in the void dark between
reaching
grasping
signing
touching

These appendages strange
apposing parts
dexterity
where bone meets intention
where flesh becomes language
as unspoken words
grammar
for this dominant species
beyond the bounds of trees

A palm upturned
supplication
invitation
renewal
investment
A fist clenched
ending
resistance
violence
punctuation

choice

The architecture of fingers
blueprints of
tenderness
or
tyranny
of manipulation
or
synchrony

Between caressing and striking
lives the sordid and transformative history
of a species risen
tooled and conquering
the shifting, touch and movement
where the hand sponsors
a
wound
an interjection
or
healing

 

7/4/2025