morning rumination on thumbs

where do thumbs come from?
do they hide underground
and sprout like tomatoes from daddy's garden?

where do thumbs come from?
do they hide between the pages of favorite books
wresting free during a nightly read?

where do thumbs come from?
do they hide in the folds
of a tightly gripped fist?

wherever thumbs may hide,
when the time is right
and the need is true,
thumbs burst free
just for you.