Hands ...

One tiny finger poking through the hole in her happy kitten mitten touching window frosting chill delicate fragile fingertip aching for the warmth on the other side ~~~~~ Cooly folded. One atop the other. Elegantly cultivated confidence. Quietly calm. Resting art in their beauty. Eternally in peaceful repose. ~~~~~ Grizzled grumpy and stumpy. Used and useful. Scarred, calloused, nails bitten to the quick and still dirt finds its way beneath. And with the delicacy of a hummingbird extracting its meal from a bloom, clumsy mits gather a bouquet of buttercups, tulips, lilacs, honeysuckle and tears to lovingly place upon her grave ~ ~~~~~ Frozen little nose joined fingertip on window longing chattering chin accompanies quivering knees in the saddest tune crumpling ... Oh Grizzled hands, loving hands wrap kitten mittens in aching longing and gently carries her to the inside warm.