Less Is More

One armed man

Who ties your shoes? 

One armed man

Do you remember your dreams? 

Are they in color? Does she smile?

Do lips touch lips, hands remember hands?

Two hearted boy 

Do the doctors keep you close?

Two hearted boy

Do you bruise when they touch? 

Does falling burn you twice?

Do wounds bleed too fast? 

One armed man

You still make her laugh?

One armed man

With one hand still there to clasp 

Two hearted boy

With your twice weeping chest

Two hearted boy

More complete that the rest? 

Born  with too little--he'll still stand and hold one of her hands

Born with too much--he'll try to cut out the precious, unbearable beat