You Hand Me Silk

You Hand Me Silk

you hand me silk —
your fingers stay

“turn around,” you say.
your voice
on my back

you whisper “beautiful,”
a word
against my skin.

Lyrics: Uma Hanaeda.
Musical composition: Uma Hanaeda (guitar) and one of her best friends (violin improvisation)
Original audio track (guitar and violin): Uma Hanaeda and her friend
Arrangement and voice: Suno AI

Uma recorded this piece at home during her youth using a simple cassette recorder. Uma plays the guitar, while a dear childhood girlfriend of hers (now a professional violinist...) improvises on the violin. The Suno AI added and arranged the vocal track and included a few fragments (not many; the piece remains close to the original). The poem is, of course, by Uma; she wrote it just a few months ago after meeting Alex.