what delicate things hands are
what delicate things hearts are
i have dedicated my hands
i have dedicated my heart
how desiccated are my hands
how desiccated is my heart
are hands delicate things?
are hearts delicate things?
to what are my hands dedicated?
to what is my heart dedicated?
are my hands desiccated?
is my heart desiccated?
how often beauty
is dried in the pages
of a favourite book
how often we underline
a favourite passage
while reading
we all make our lists
another way to measure
what we truly believe
we decide what it is
that we want to build
and we do it again and again
