Tending to
Small hands
Hair flicking wide
Glinting eyes
Blinking love
Up to me
Head hovering 
Under door frame
Burly gentle voice
Giant young hand
Filling holes
In roles of family 

Tending always
My secret garden
Inside
Giant limbs and roots
Of memories
To swing on
In the dark hours
Back and forth
Soothing

Tender to
End of work
Ache between
My bones
Echoes of words 
From a whole world
Of intimate meetings
Human voice evokes
Cure for hurt

Tending all
Cut stems
New roots
Shoots and leaves
Evergreen
Expanding 
Untouched by
Frost or heat
Enclosed glasshouse
Weighted by reality
Preserved by families

Tenderqueer
Sharing spectrum
Kaleidescope
Of fondness
Love me tender
Sensitive receive
Touch of air
Words breathing
Responds anything
Unflinching 
Appealing
Secret smiles
Unspoken words
Tenderly recalling
Time together
Fleeting