May I Hold Your Hands

May I Hold Your Hands David J Walker May I hold your hands Your soft and smooth skin Soothed my brow and helped me breathe again We were so young And free back then May I hold your hands As we walk the paths of life As man and loving wife And laugh through daily strife Then kneel to pray with hands in hands And talk in coded words That only we could understand May I hold your hands As chirping children claim Our time for their demands And grow like trees In search of clouds That fit their lofty plans And mark the passing days A lifetime spans May I hold your hands As the ages change the pages Of our mortal plans And clocks sound off the chimes In fulgor times That our horizon scans As we alter all the dreams That were once our plans And face the fading twilight Walking hands in hands