Hands

I am in fact a good man
a kind man
and a gentle man

these are gentle hands
the hands of a philosopher
and I look up
to other philosophers
and more importantly not
just philosophers
but to those
whose thoughts bend with the
times where time itself does what
it does to bend

“she’ll be comin’ around the bend…”

these are those hands
gentle hands
none other than

but they will set
fire to your house

if it is a fire fight
you’re looking for

don’t come looking