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Below is the poem of the day entitled Those hands I want to kiss which was written by poet Becca Teagan.

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Those hands I want to kiss

They must have been so blistered and calloused,
Those hands that labored under blazing sun,
Grasping timber with bare-fisted fingers,
Those hands that could never hurt anyone. 
They lovingly touched the untouchable 
and offered love to the unlovable.
And yet, even though you were innocent,
You were stripped down and so brutally scourged. 

Oh, how I want to sweetly kiss those hands
Which could have fought, but never resisted.
The pain must have been so unbearable 
With iron nails driven into your wrists,
And a single iron nail through both heels;
Your body was broken and crucified.
The weight of the world pressed heavily down,
Darkness took over the afternoon sky.

I can’t imagine the pain you went through.
The thought of you feeling so abandoned,
Suffering alone, a horrible death,
How I wish I could have been there for you
To wash your wounds and anoint you with oil -
For by your wounds, I have been forgiven;
Because of your death, I am given life.
No one else has ever loved me like that. 

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