Finger Sleeves

How the hands
feels so secure and soft
when slipping inside some
fur lined sleeves.

Able to hold what naked skin
might feel as pain,
a snowball, smoldering coal,
feeling a sense of invisibility.

We let them wrap our mind
in willingness to reach for life
through ways you might otherwise fear.

Holding parts of the world
you take time to see more closely,
until it makes each moment
become more alive
wearing them till they lose coverings
because curiosity can get enough
of exploring
where that protected grasp
can reach.