your hands

your hands
your skilled hands
your versatile, skillful hands

making, baking, sewing, growing
you are like Jesus
your hands hold things together

you make a home
where we will become one
and our lives will be held together

you bake a meal
where everyone is welcome
to join together, full of laughter and tears

you’ve sewn quilts
where patches cling to one another
and bodies are warmed together

you’ve grown a garden
O, your beautiful garden!
where roots run deep and the earth itself is held together

and after all your work
your hands are still soft
and, my favorite of all, your hand holds mine
and we hold each other together

your hands
your soft hands
your delicate, soft hands

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