Ode to Fingers - Rachel Broom

Joe Pascoe

Ode to Fingers
Rachel Broom

Fingers are not just something you use to feel. Nor to tap someone on the shoulder
so you can have their attention;
nor selecting a certain someone from a crowd.

It's not just a pencil used to draw lines on a sandy beach's shore.
Not even keys to press down white notes; chords;
a song.
It's not just creating a song,
it creates a song about your deep inner core; letting out rapid emotions.

Their gentle but firm grip as they hold you close.
Their soft velvet touch on your arm.
The holder of a promise,
a promise made between two people
whose
love
is unconditional.

The
holder
of
a
hand.