From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhtsa!alice!npoiv!eisx!pyuxll!abnjh!lute
Newsgroups: net.poems,net.singles
Title: Cup, Don't Grab
Article-I.D.: abnjh.122
Posted: Mon Apr  4 12:24:30 1983
Received: Tue Apr  5 03:03:35 1983



		CUP, DON'T GRAB


When love grows enough to be seen,
and solidifies enough to be felt,
be aware to embrace it with assurance and calm
and not to hug it tightly;
for what would happen to a drink of water
if you made a fist,
rather than cupped your hands?


					James L. Collymore
					(copyright 1978)