Hand Signals for Lovers
 
Look at them as they were;  each understands
the other’s needs. No need to say very much.
Most communication is by touch:
the loving eloquence of holding hands.
 
Of course, it’s very different today.
It’s been a long time since they even kissed.
Each of them feels the other in the way,
uncompromising as a tight-clenched fist.

David Whippman

If you have any thoughts on this poem,  David Whippman  would be pleased to hear them.