Hands

I'm typically not one for haikus but here goes:

Hands

soft strong competent

fingers banded with rings matte

palms I long to hold

The "I Can Love You Better" Complex

Finally! A brand new one!

The "I Can Love You Better" Complex

I am the other woman

I pleasure your girlfriends

And I flatter your wives

I am she who keeps her "working" until late at night

I slip through corridors

To see her

Using time

To my advantage

I build companionships

With my bare hands

With her

I tell her what she wants to hear

Whisper it slowly, but surely in her ear

Lather her with the attention

You’re too tired to give

I listen

And love

And appreciate

I am all that you are not

All that you are too stubborn to be

For her

I admire

I admire in ways that are beyond your wildest imaginations

I let her be who she is

No strings

Only ribbons

wrapped around her

like the gift you forgot to say ‘thank you’ for

but see,

I thank the world for her every day

Because if it weren’t for her existence

Who could I possibly love better

And how would I manage to be?