HANDS OF FRIENDSHIP





These hands are held out to you both full and empty. Filled to capacity with loving offerings of
friendship, yet spaciously awaiting that which you choose to place in them for safe keeping.

These hands stand ready
    To applaud your myriad accomplishments
    To stir the pot of experience in your life’s soufflé
    To tickle your fancy when in need of laughter
    To strum the strings of your emotions

    These hands stand willing
    To brush away the tears born of sadness and pain
    To smooth the salve of love upon your wounds
    To massage your feet made sore by life’s arduous trek
    To rend my garments, as your sorrow becomes mine

These hands stand able
    To point out the direction if you lose your way
    To drop the anchor if you begin to drift off course
    To steady you if per chance you stumble
    To brace you when you need support
    To lift you up ere you happen to fall

These hands stand ready
    To polish your armor and bear your arms in demon battle
    To unlock any cage that confines your soaring spirit
    To catch you when your wings tire
    To cradle your soul in its repose
    These hands stand willing
    To place your crosses upon my back
    To wield the scalpel against all cancerous growths
    To scrub you clean of common dirt

These hands stand able
    To block the way of unnecessary discomfort and suffering
    To join the many hands that till your soil
    To plant the fertile seeds of your perpetual blooming

    These hands stand eager
    To light the spark of your freedom fire
    To fan the flames of your life’s passions
These hands tremble in anticipation
    Of writing the ballad of your spirit’s melody
     Of penning the many-volume saga of you storied odyssey
     Of raising you on high in your final triumph.

And when you no longer have need of these hands, my eyes will regard them in wonder, marveling at the
feats to which you have inspired them, relishing the indelible prints you have left on them.  And I?  I will
be eternally grateful and greatly enhanced by your generous acceptance of that offered by these hands of
friendship.
TAMAJ UNITED
"Ask and it shall be written"