I Felt My Life With Both My Hands

I felt my life with both my hands

To see if it was there

I held my spirit to the glass

To prove it possibler



I turned my Being round and round

And paused at every pound

To ask the owner's name

For doubt, that I should know the sound

To ask the owner's name

For doubt, that I should know the sound



I judged my features, jarred my hair

I pushed my dimples by

And waited, if they twinkled back

Conviction might, of me



I turned my being round and round

And paused at every pound

To ask the owner's name

For doubt, that I should know the sound

To ask the owner's name

For doubt, that I should know the sound



I told myself "Take courage, friend,

That was a former time

But we might learn to like the Heaven,

As well as our old home !"



I turned my being round and round and round

And paused at every pound

To ask the owner's name

For doubt, that I should know the sound

To ask the owner's name

For doubt, that I should know the sound



I felt my life with both my hands

To see if it was there.