my hands are like my heart: they know how to hold heaviness. they know how to hold hope. they make words come alive. my hands, like my heart, have learned to let go. to hold on. they have learned not to be so soft but not too rough. both of them, my heart and my hands, they are like hummingbird wings. they flutter, they dive into love as if it were an ocean. they do not know how to stop.