Hand to Hand

(A shell for an old blind lady)

Soft hands
Holding
Smoothing
Feeling
Stroking
Smoother… smoother… smoother
Brushing dust
Feeling form
Drawing in light
Surrounding
Caressing
Reflecting
A resonant echo through time.

Age to age
Through water to earth
Turned to stone
Still
Silent
Through earth to light
To touch
Becoming
A resonant echo of sight.