sometimes what you cover with your hands <br />if they misinterpret that <br />is not really intended for hiding <br />not the selfishness of your very own fingers <br />but <br />if they only know it by heart <br />are offerings asking <br />if you too are ready and willing to give them <br /> <br />the way you cover things are manners of asking <br />are you also willing to give <br />and give wholeheartedly without asking for <br />anything in return? <br /> <br />sometimes let me tell you <br />when i cover some lovely parts of myself <br />which you misinterpret again as <br />utter selfishness <br />nay, it is not the way you see things <br />skin deep <br />stones protruding on the low <br />ebbing of the season <br /> <br /> <br />sometimes let me tell you <br />when i cover the most vulnerable portion of my being <br />it is, in truth, just a manner of my asking <br />if indeed, in itself, and by itself, <br /> <br />if your love is true.<br /><br />RIC S. BASTASA<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sometimes-what-you-cover-with-your-hands/
