Hand within Hand

remembrance of a story my dad told me about himself as a child and his dad and how it resembled an event between myself and my youngest son when he was a child. - complicated, sorry.

Hand within Hand: 

Hand within hand slightest pressure

to convey a remembered treasure

drawing attention upward 

blue gazing into blue

eyes meeting eyes. 

Learned and applied memory unspoken 

lasting generationally affection token

needing wonder attention  

witout knowing why

smile meeting smile.

Steps slowed to allow desired response 

practiced frequency more than just once

connection doesn’t come

abandoned in time

life meeting life. 

Reviews

[Fabian G. Franklin]

How wonderful those meetings of minds, hearts and souls conveyed in the simplest touch; a pat on the back for a job well done, a hand to hold. I told my nine year old daughter on a trip to the grocery store, you don't have to hold my hand if you don't want to. She came back with, "But can I hold your hand anyway" the answer is ALWAYS...always. Beautiful sentiments wonderfully expressed, Carl. Those family roots run deep. F.

[carl]

Thank you , Fabian, always appreciate hearing from you and reading your reviews. Hope you and yours are doing well and an all are healthy. -carl

[Ern M. Yoshimoto]

a stunning piece of work about the connections we make in life. hand within hand, blue gazing into blue, life meeting life. that's all there is to being human. we meet another. we gaze into the sublime, which stares right back. that love which we become in these moments, makes everything worthwhile.

[carl]

thank you for the read and review, much appreciated I think you captured perfectly what I was trying to say.

[Pryde Foltz]

There are moment we remember as it they occurred in slow motion. Love at first sight is like that. Powerful verse.

[carl]

I like your take on slow motion that is how it seemed to reveal itself to me - thanks for the read and review - carl

[John the Baptist]

Who is to say what is coincidence and what is synchronicity? Perhaps the two events represent a sort of continuity within a family.

[carl]

interesting that you should make the continuity within a family as this came from exactly that circumstance as I expressed with the intro comment I see a lot of that as I view my children with their children and the reference back to my life and my parents. I think there is more here than meets the eye ( so to speak with tongue in cheek ) thanks for the visit and the review - be well - carl

[Lorry]

A superb memory of such a simple moment, broken down to the unspoken within, for both participants.
Excellent.

[carl]

Thanks for the read and review, Lorry, always appreciate your encouragement - hope all is well for you -carl