In The Palm of Your Hand

In The Palm of Your Hand

You want a reading of the life line in the palm of your hand
I hold your hands so that I can see the destiny in one
and what you have chosen in the other.
The headline is deep, past knowledge leaves an imprint.
The heart line cuts across your hand, foolish with a knapsack,
traveling the world in a circle of bad choices.
I bend to read, and we are knee to knee, our hair touching,
our eyes searching for the route of least resistance
through this maze of fine lines and detours.
I see skepticism floating in the base of your thumb
and fear in the old scars of a knife wound.
There is creativity in the long curve of your fingers,
but you are impatient and demand to know,
if I can see money, which is the whole point of this reading.
Instead I see love falter in a forked measure of line.
as you stalk off angry through an open room of treasure,
a blind man fumbling for a gold mine.

Reviews

[Ed Hart]

I don't know why I thought just because I emailed my palm print to you this was going to be a private reading. That business about the hair touching didn't throw me off because I stopped on the highway at one of those signs and some old gypsy gave me exactly the same reading. Just want you to know I'm suing!

[Tomás Ó C..]

Oh, I adore the last line... all he cared for was money, missing on the love before his eyes...

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

A wonderfully creative way to describe how one can ruin love when they concentrate on material objects, at least that is what I see in this fine piece.

[LJW]

Sums up beautifully what real riches really are or at lest should be.

Instead I see love falter in a forked measure of line.
as you stalk off angry through an open room of treasure,
a blind man fumbling for a gold mine.

That last piece is brilliant.

[Doctor JKC]

In yoga we were scolded about quickly giving our palms to be read.
Something about being secret and being w****s for knowledge.

I take your poem to be one of a opportunistic man too blind
to see reality.

Excellent!
Jack

[cest la vie]

Beautiful... simply a beautiful write with such a wonderful message on life. And so creative.. Well done, Phibby.

[celyn]

Wow. This is wonderful,
I absolutely adore the last line.
If this is the kind of creativity that comes from palm reading..
then I want to be a palm reader.

[Gandré]

this is the real poetry... written from experience and reader can feel it. And, it has another attribute, one wants to revisit .. it gives a lot. The creativity of your fingers.. hmm I like this poem a lot. some human hands fence - enmeshed.. that's why I have angst of reading future.. thanks for reading my poem "She's Toast", much appreciated.

[James Paulin]

Facing the things that really motivate us takes honest effort and an open heart. I think you have written about self perception and motivations that keep us away from human potential and real personal fulfillment. I like the palm reading aspect which reveals true character and the rejection of the words which could enlighten.
Our choices are often made with very limited vision. I enjoyed this.

[Tracie Skarbo]

Oh I love this... the ending was pure gold! I hope he wakes up before life takes him away from all his spurned gifts! Great job!!