Fascinated By My Hand Lines

Circling my thumb are two lifelines
They are one at the beginning
But at about age sixty they split
Evidence of a double life
Being older than this, I wonder at them
Has the split begun?
Will I know when it happens?
A mystic star in the center of my palm takes my attention
Has she always been there?
I reach for my palmistry book
Fascinated with my own skin
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Rodrigues Avatar
August 12, 2021 at 3:10 PM
I am not into palmistry. I do have a blue vein on the flipside of my palm a y ;)
Krutsinger Avatar
August 12, 2021 at 7:31 PM
I imagine it is decorative and pretty.
Hankins Avatar
August 10, 2021 at 7:19 PM
My lifeline splits about midway, which makes me wonder if my severe heart attack thirty years ago was foretold ...maybe the midpoint in my life. I think probably so, but I won't make it to 100...nah. Interesting anyway.
Krutsinger Avatar
August 11, 2021 at 9:54 AM
I used to read my teenager's friends "lines" - they loved it and it made me a "cool" mom.
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