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Rated: E · Poetry · Parenting · #1031938
a portrait of love in the scene of a father and daughter gardening.
Proud hands hardened and hewn
Churning, turning, softening
Stirring, packed earth- Gardening
For her

Angular cheekbones, made plain
By burnished skin stretched taunt,
copper cover, sun-weathered
For her

Precious palms soft and sensitive
Seeking, always to grip, grasp,
collide and contact,
with his

Angelic composure, night-light glow
Casts compassing shadows
He would save her from
with his
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