Wednesday, May 13, 2009

His and hers

A bigger face
A bigger strap
a smaller face
a smaller strap
For thick muscular hands
for thin slender arms
They said its god-given
Big things for man
small things for woman
Titan had wrapped them up
With velvetty cloth
perfect wedding gifts
His and hers

A bigger hand
Harder slap
leaving bluish purple marks
You get accustomed to.

Slender hands
To be wrung about helplessly
To welcome
a burn here, a cut there
As one her kind
Should get accustomed to.

And all these came
Packed in a golden box with velvet inside
The sturdy-ness of his, the softness of hers
God-given
Wrapped in skin and bones
Perfect gifts
for Humankind

2 comments:

  1. I will never look at couple gifts the same way for quite some time to come!

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  2. there is nothing kind in humankind...

    nice word pictures.

    N

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