HER HANDS
HER HANDS She smiled tasted happiness Holding his hands Building home raising children Showering love on family and friends Procreator becoming a property Enslaved her hands Twisting turning in the whirlpool Of needs and desires Denying self and her dreams Feeling alone Cruel world telling her Not to have will of her own " You are just a woman" Every frown multiplying her resolution The grit of her silence Becoming her strength Battling self she uncoiled herself Craving to own her hands Wanting to be free Wanting to weave her dreams Longing to live Hands are not to be taken away Not to be given away A woman's hands are her own Her hands-- a cradle for generations Her hands-- the dreamers Her hands --the achievers Her destiny ____________ ...