Holding Hands
Listen to ‘Holding Hands’ here.
You’re uncomfortable in silences
In sighs
In whispers
In conversations
In wide open spaces and people
So you find your solace in moving
And you tell me,
Make it quick, this love thing
Or you-and-I just might stick
Hug me like it doesn’t matter
that it’s not a kiss instead
And I do
Together, we learn
to use charm as our tools
Insight as currency
Armed with both,
we storm the marketplace
Sellers looking for love, peace and wisdom
We craft airbrushed relationships
And plastic sentiments
Indestructible and neon-ranged
Our love and laughter chip and flake
On each other
And we bleed byte-sized poetry.
Bartering words
Duelling with sentiments
We are warrior poets
Traders of such dramas
With love, however,
We will have no dealings
Packing trophy experiences
Boarding passes in hand, we wait
Hoping that the call that comes for me
Will be yours too
No strings attached
No expectations, no commitments
No messes, no fusses
But there’s nothing in our contracts
that says we can’t hold hands.
*Read my other Love Poetry. Or listen to it.
❤