Helping Hands for your First Walk,
from Your Parents ‘round the Clock.
Hands to Steady from your Trike,
then to Riding your First Bike.
Hands to Hold of your First Love,
bare in Warmth – Not with Glove.
Teaching Hands while You’re in School,
equip you Better for Life’s Pool.
Hands that Haunt you To the Core,
held and Dying – Unjust War.
Loving Hands held at the Alter,
for a Lifetime – Do not Falter.
Little Hands of Your first Child,
holding Tight as At you Smiled.
Daughter’s Hands – Walk down the Aisle,
wishing It could Take a While.
First Grandchild with Tiny Hands,
proudest Grandpa in the Lands.
Older Hands to Grasp your Bride,
many Years our Vows have Tied.
End of Life and Hands reach Out,
time to Take another Route.
As it Ends – My Final Crown,
No Hands Up – Hope Hands reach Down.