why do people hold hands?

everywhere you go, no matter what time it is, you'll always see, no matter where, a few couples holding hands. i understand why parents hold their children's hands, but why do we hold hands? might it be for similar reasons, protection, safety, comfort? what should we call that catalyst that impulses us to reach for the hand of the possessor of our affections?

i think hands are the beginning of everything. you can tell so much from a person, just depending on how they touch or hold things.

your hands tell me everything about you. they tell me when you're happy, sad, bored or play-full. and we might not be talking, we might be in complete and absolute silence and your hands will tell me everything i need to know. and in that precise moment that words are absent, and i feel your hand reach for mine.. i just know that everything will be fine, everything will be ok, i finally am at peace with the world.

what do my hands tell you?

newskin