Hug

To fit together

is one branch

in the language

roots of “arm.”

How regrettable

that arms name

hardware of war.

The only right

to bear arms safely

is the caring capacity

of our amazing

appendages that

comfort and caress,

have and hold,

cradle and rock,

clasping each other

close.

"Hug" from Shelter Margaret Hasse, poet,

and Sharon DeMark, artist