[net.poems] Cup, Don't Grab

lute (04/04/83)

		CUP, DON'T GRAB


When love grows enough to be seen,
and solidifies enough to be felt,
be aware to embrace it with assurance and calm
and not to hug it tightly;
for what would happen to a drink of water
if you made a fist,
rather than cupped your hands?


					James L. Collymore
					(copyright 1978)