Hands - Lynnette C. Velasco

The secret of my love
lies within the bronzed black
of your hands,
Hands,
alive with pain of endless labor
Strong hands
Overrun with callous--
aged, yellowed
thick with life's daily setbacks,
Nails,
Tough nails
Aching with inequality's grit.
Hands,
Never defeated
Never humbled
Unconquered.
The craft is perfection,
engraved in every crevice of  your
bitter, coarse hands. 

Lynnette C. Velasco is a poet, author, and political consultant.  Her children's book, Zinzi:  A Child's Journey to Self Fulfillment, Giving and Caring is part of the distinguished children's book collection, the duGrummond Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi.  She develops literacy enhancement tools.  Her motto is, "Literacy for learning, for living, for life."  Her products are distributed by Nubian Heritage, Inc.

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