Holding hands may seem like an innocent gesture, but they show more than a simple interlocking of fingers. Your hands are one of the most essential parts of your body: you build with them, feed with them, hold with them, touch with them, fight with them; they are the tools of the human body. To take a hold of another’s hand is to break from living individually. It is to link yourself to another being, to momentarily entwine your life with another’s, to promise, for a moment, that you need not face the world alone. More simple, more aesthetically naive than other forms of affection, i.e kissing, hugging, sexing.., the act of holding hands is often trivialized in its true implications.
571 playsMichael Franti and Spearhead—Say Hey (I Love You)
The guy I had a crush on my Senior year of HS decided I needed to expand my musical horizons (which was accurate, actually) and gave me three CDs. Blue Scholars, K’Naan, and Michael Franti. So I will always have a soft spot.
