Arrest

Admiring the strength of the hands,
the way of handling delicate things.
Laugh and just say, “practice,”
as if that explains everything.
 
Kneel only to hear the anticipation,
measure the satisfactory proportions.
Memorize the way eagerness tightens the voice.
Your devotion is quiet, deliberate

Patience is learned through someone’s hard work.
Guiding without ever needing words.
Listening with your whole attention,
until even silence starts to tremble.
 
Take the higher ground like a decision made.
Settling weight where control takes
Finding balance on one’s shoulder,
letting gravity add leverage.
 
Every rise feels like a question,
Every fall, like an answer already knew
The way confidence learns to move.
Setting the pace without a word.

Facing each and refrained conversation
Someone’s dialogue of dominance
Insults landed closer than the last
Response silenced by some other’s tongue
 
Handcuffed at some point
negotiating with pleas and taunts
Hands pinned on without the sting
as if struggle needs anchoring.
 
No search warrant for the intrusion.
But, the police is already raking the room
forceful and deeper, nothing to cover
threshold crossed by invitation