SHOULD YOU HIIDE

your fingers from the world

the ones

that reach cupboard-high

to receive plates

for guests --

or the ones which pick up

a child in distress

fallen on the sidewalk

leg bruised

who one day may be

Prime Minister?

Should these fingers type

words to raise

the name of our Lord

in print

with a message

of hope for the world

so full of pain?

Should you hide

those same fingers

now touching

the face of your son

in a true moment of love?

No-No. Yes and No.