The Ultimate Gift

Enormous, mis-shapened hands
shakingly reach out....
then hesitate.

Eyes meet -
his fearful, hers trusting.
Emotion overwhelmed him.

This woman
so perfect, so gentle -
was giving him,
a marred and tormented man
this -
the ultimate gift.

Scars were etched on his heart.
He ached with unfamiliar emotion.
His disfigured face tensed as always
at her soft, touch.

Eyes meet -
his avowing, hers accepting.
Emotion overwhelmed her.

This man,
so perfect, so gentle -
had given her,
a deaf and lame woman,
this -
the ultimate gift.

So blessed,
their tears anointed
the sleeping babe.