Loving Hands

Remembering my small fingers 

Clutched securely 

Within your hand

Our arms swinging 

As you walked

And I skipped 

Happily, as we laughed

While cautiously keeping step 

Avoiding sidewalk cracks 

That if stepped upon

Would break our mother’s backs

Our smiles etched reflections 

Splashed firmly upon 

Shiny storefront glass

As your grasp 

Silently signified

An undivided love to last

As I reminisce 

I recall another

Who offered me his hand

With promises kept

To have and to hold

We held on tight

Although our love 

Did not grow old

It brought forth

Two glorious gifts

That arrived precisely 

In their own perfect time

I held their little fingers 

Soundly within mine

But somehow they quietly

Slipped away

As they grew up overnight

They’re able now 

To stand alone firmly

But every once and again

We walk together

Skipping through memories

Reflections of time

That has passed lovingly by

From one generation 

To the next

Hand in hand

We’ll hold securely

Merging the future 

Forever with the past