arms around you

I try to put my arms around you,
So that my hands meet at the small of your back.

I am too little and you are too large,
As I stare up at those teeth all packed in.

You stare back, as I begin
To grin.

Your hands hold hurt and hate,
Truth and good,
Time gone and time to come.

The hands of a giant to hold so much,
And there they lay upon my head to tousle my darkening hair.

I have tried to fit my arms around you,
To hug you and show you I care.

Now I can look you in the eyes,
But somehow you’re still twice the size.