Jo (she/her) on Nostr: I have a woman's hands. But they are not thin, elegant hands They're stubby, thick, ...

I have a woman's hands.
But they are not thin, elegant hands
They're stubby, thick, puffy.
My fingers are short.
They not 'womanly', but they are a woman's hands.

I knew a woman with hands like mine.
Puffier than mine. Darker than mine.
I watched her run them over piano keys, I saw them hold a cello bow
I observed them during the mundanity of doing laundry
They became a magical curative when they were run through my hair.
I held them countless times.
And they withered. As did she.
I was holding them when she died.

My mother's hands.
I have my mother's hands.
I'm gonna make good use of them
Before they too wither. #poetry #poetrycommunity #storytelling #mother #existential