Reaching Out To Touch Someone

Face in the hole of the pillow Belly down laying in pain Soft music of wind in the willow Here comes a treat once again First a soft layer of coconut cream fingered and buttered and spread Then thumb ends and fingers Down back bony thread Feeling the way into chords Then the heels of the palms causing tingles in arms alternate rhythm is kneading Up from the hip bones lifting the ribs Heels of hands pushing at shoulder blade parting Through layers of crosshatching muscle Greasing and oiling the gristle Of tendons that needed to stretch Then back down with wider spread fingers Digging and lifting in patterns of chords Played on the too tightened stresses Then a thumb dance back up To the lower neck frame Carefully squeezing to loosen Then a grasp of each shoulder To squeeze and to lift For a quick chopping hand edge tattoo Up and down on a spine now supine One more slowed rhythmic massage Let your eyelids now droop And sink into comfort From pain