Music in the Vein of Hands

When it begins, these hands are foreign;
One cannot know the coming pace.
It may start in slow, tapping
drums in the ears. Then a trembling
occurs throughout the body.
These hands force it to move
 in ways unusual: a dance…

The palm presses steady like the drum,
making the blood move
through with vibrating notions.
Note struck nerves, the fingers break
through the skin, bringing sound
to a place where only blood beats.

Here it picks up and the fingers press
each side of the heart, causing it to beat
with rhythms unusual.
The thumb taps the vocal chords,
creating raspy sounds, corrupting
the hands unblemished work.