two gentle giants hold
ten separate entities as one
guides us through the world like
rangers on a wilderness safari,
acting as sculptors
dictating our journey
with various materials;
clay, paint, stone, plaster
when flesh unites
warmth radiates out,
bonding the souls into one
as they travel through creation
tending and nurturing,
life blossoms like a peony
and grows outward
as if life is created at the palms
but,
gentle giants also have the power to strangle.