“Skin to Skin” - Original Mandolin Song

This song came from finding a pleasing (albeit rather melancholic) chord progression, and then happening to have one of my poems lying around handy. The poem is also called “Skin to Skin” and can be found at thehydrogenjuk...
Training to cycle from Scotland to Singapore not only includes physical exercises, material preparation, and route creation-but mandolin practice. (For more information: https//www.scotlandtosingapore.travel.blog)
Lyrics:
Hold hands with me
My feet don’t work today
and my mind is getting
dizzy
Hold hands with me
I’ve been watching your stride
Your somber foot swing
oh, it so mesmerizes me
Hold hands with me.
hold hands with me.
Just for a moment, please,
will you hold hands with me?
My arms are light
My gaze is so easy
It’s my legs that give way
When I will them to obey
The pine needles bend beneath shakey knees
and the stiff bark snaps in my
child-like grasp
It’ll level out
eventually
but that’s so far away
so crystalized in my gaze
Hold hands with me
Hold hands with me
Just for a moment, please
Will you hold hands with me?
Hold hands with me.
My mind slips into the space
Your fingers so long and safe
embrace mine
and gently, so gently
I return to myself
my heart beat finds me
finds me so peacefully