because of your hands

[addy]

I am intrigued by your narrator. There is a tentativeness in the way she speaks which echoes how she behaves, interpreting the world in shy and secret ways (that in this case affected her normal interaction).

I really enjoyed the piece.

because I looked at them
and not your face, should it be a semicolon here? I'm not sure, but there's something about the punctuation that drains focus from the "your hands" line
your hands,
the floor, my feet, but mostly at
your hands

and so, I tripped up here a bit, though I can't fully articulate in what sense-- "and so I saw"--- sonically it complements, but too well that it distracted me, like the beginning of a tongue twister
I saw the line suggesting
a creative lover,
one that shows
a clever mind,
fertile imagination, and
the mound by your thumb
that indicates passion I really like this stanza

covertly
I read the meaning of your finger shapes
long and articulate,
the depth of your spirit
as you moved your hands, a bit late to go back to "hands"... how about palms or something? That's a very minor nit though. and spoke softly to me

my own hands were shaking
as I rocked
ever so slightly, back and forth I don't understand the significance of rocking back and forth so the drama is lost on me.... of course that's my own fault for sucking at body language . Is she nervous?

and as I write, I tremble
briefly
at the memory of your hands