The assumption of certain gestures

Leads to misunderstand their meaning

For gestures can be most ambiguous

Most of the times very misleading.

If another took a glance at you

Walked a way, shaking the head

Without the utterance of a word

Would the gesture be misread

Should you consider it an insult?

Would it be a bone of contention?

In any way would it occur to you?

An insult was not the intention

Would body language mattered,

maybe added a smile instead?

Would that have been better

Than a gesture with the head

Many have strange meanings

and othere even more stranger

Some are terms of endearment

while, others are meant to anger

The assumptions of certain gestures

Before knowing what’s meant

will all too often be misread

Losing in translation their intent