Polly Paulusma

Fingers & thumbs

Polly Paulusma


After I kissed you 
A sweet darkness came down
Fingers were search lights
Leading the way down

We talk in fingers and thumbs
In an ancient braille of daily vacant overflow
Fingers and thumbs can never lie 
We talk in fingers and thumbs
With my hands out stretched
I read your scars from head to toe
No need to fake it anymore
That's what our tongues were made for

Now I see you feelingly 
And my fingers have eyes
They search for you constantly 
In sorrows and smiles lines

We talk in fingers and thumbs
In an ancient braille of daily vacant overflow
Fingers and thumbs can never lie 
We talk in fingers and thumbs
With my hands out stretched
I read your scars from head to toe
No need to fake it anymore
That's what our tongues were made for

Be my translator 
'Till there’s no more to tell
'Till our skin turns to water 
And our bones turn to sea shell

We talk in fingers and thumbs
In an ancient braille of daily vacant overflow
Fingers and thumbs can never lie 
We talk in fingers and thumbs
With my hands out stretched
I read your scars from head to toe
No need to fake it anymore
That's what our tongues were made for