rock
paper
scissors
it's all about
the upper hand
when everyone
just wants to touch
the feel of palm to palm
and even those who admit it
don't
for all the fear
of what we can't
control of what we'll each give up
if we dare for connection between the lines
I
to we
where I never
broke a single heart
where I was never stifled
and you were never cut or smashed
and nothing was ever a game it didn't want to be
rock
paper
scissors
where all that was wanted
was the warmth of fingertips to flesh
and caring not to hurt required no strategy at all