introductions

February 21, 2005

they stood
  with their palms open to me
offered their
  open palms to me

and each finger
  blossomed into a flower as I
picked their
  fingers from their open palms

and they stood
  with their eyes open to me
raised their
  eyes to the sky

and each eye
  reflected a different sky as they
looked at their
  hands

and stood
with their eyes open