Skip to the experience
Poetry by Michael YapThe Inner World Collection
Signature Ten
Browse
Two quiet light fields held in one tactile room, separated by translucent fabric and generous negative space.

The Inner World Collection · curated edition

With Both My Hands

A quiet reading

About 1 minute · 5 stanzas

Begin poem
Reading options

I will love you with both my hands not just one reaching while the other holds back. Not half-open, not half-here. But fully, as the ocean loves the moon with gravity, with devotion, with nothing left to hide.

One hand to hold you in your joy, when your laughter spills over like sun-warmed rain. And one to steady you in your ache, when the weight feels too much and the world forgets to be kind.

This love it is not a performance. It is a presence. Not a reach from afar, but a coming closer even when it’s uncomfortable. Even when it would be easier to turn away.

I will not offer you my best and hide the rest. You will know my trembling, my truth, my fire, my faith. Because love, real love, is not a gesture it’s a giving.

So when I say I love you, know this: both my hands are here. To lift, to soften, to stay. And whatever we carry we carry it together.

Take a moment before choosing what comes next.

Keep one line close

Carry this poem with you.

Save a beautiful private keepsake, copy the opening lines or share the reading page. Nothing is uploaded from this page.

“I will love you
with both my hands
not just one reaching
while the other holds back.”
With Both My HandsPoetry by Michael Yap
Private reflectionWhat stayed with you?Write a note

This is stored only in this browser. You can export or delete it at any time.

Reading and edition context

This curated edition is shared as personal artistic expression, not medical, financial or relationship advice. Sacred names and traditions are approached with respectful poetic or devotional context.

Narration is off in this release.