
Open Hands
by
Carmela Mulroe
I hold my hands open in emptiness.
I hold my hands open in fullness.
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I hold my hands open in emptiness waiting to be filled.
I hold my hands open in fullness waiting to be relieved of the heaviness I carry.
I hold my hands open:
accepting the ebb and flow of life,
the gift and grief,
the past, present, future,
and the desire to be whole.
I open my hands in acceptance of love, loss, life and death.
I open my hands in emptiness waiting to be filled.