HANDS- by Amanda Hamblen

My hands tell a very disfigured story. My fingernails are very pretty in pink, but that is offset by lots of wrinkles, dark veins, and a scab on my left thumb. My rings are very bright and shiny and they spice my hands up a little bit. Very pretty mothers ring with amythest and blue topaz for decoration. On the other hand is a very bright platinum diamond ring. No, not an engagement ring but a very expensive promise ring from my lover. The disfiguring part comes from a bicycle accident that I had many years ago. I broke my hand in two places along the the metacarpul bone. My right hand has a dip along the right side where the pinky is placed and it looks like its deformed. Underneath my pinky fingernail it's black and blue from a very recent injury. The pinky itself is crooked. I guess maybe I'm the crooked one not just the pinky, because of the injuries I have sustained over the years. The lesson in all this is to "be careful".