Your Hand I’d Kiss
Your hand, I’d kiss
But not for this,
The mundane games
Men play.
Your hand, I’d kiss
For doing this,
Absolve my sins
Away.
Your hand, I’d kiss
But not for this,
That any man
Can do.
Your hand, I’d kiss,
For doing this
God’s strong,
His choice, the few.
Your hand, I’d kiss
But not for this,
Like any
Virile male.
Your hand, I’d kiss
For doing this,
Place Him between
Lips, pale.
Your hand, I’d kiss
But not for this,
Your strength
Exudes each pore.
Your hand, I’d kiss
For doing this,
Your prayers,
I do implore.
Hilary M. Flanery