Half a pound of freckles

Half a pound of freckles
___or so
___I think
God played connect the dots
___and made you
___joined one to the other
___one to the other
___ ___with skin
What will His picture do
Will it
___stand up and hold me
___offer me wine
___bear me a child
___hold my hand as sight grows dim
Or will it move
___animated
___a walk cycle that grows
___ ___ever more distant
Freckles fading