SKIN TO SKIN: An accolade to tactile healing Touch is an exploration . . . a journey along the surface of our skin discovering the foreignness of others who are also kin More than words or glances touch has redemptive possibilities – it soothes mangled tissues & reduces insularity Touching is a form ah birthing – fingers are gates to the soul Those who know this & reach out to ot hers become rich through each per son they hold. Aiko: (chuckling cynically) Can you trust such sentimental crap? Cindy: Why not? The world is too full of mistrust already. Don: I've discovered something interesting about trust: you might start out only half-sincere, but if another person communicates trust deeply, more often than not a transformation will happen. In some ways trust is "infectious." Aiko: C'mon! How can a wolf cannot transform into a sheep? Don: There are no wolves and no sheep – just human beings doing their best to survive in a world that's bigger than their capacity to comprehend. Aiko: I'd say there is something of a wolf and sheep in most persons. Depending on the conditions, either can manifest. ===================================================================================== from _Love Poems: Nonsense from the Heart_ SUMMARY: A sensual love poem about human touch, dialog about trust, and image of the vortices of desire. KEYWORDS: human intimacy, tactile contact, propinquity, taction, human contact, tactile awareness Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) Begun: 1997 in Shizuoka, Japan / Finished: 2020 in Yokohama, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST https://www.tnewfields.info/LovePoemz/life2.htm TOC https://www.tnewfields.info/LovePoemz/index.html NEXT > https://www.tnewfields.info/LovePoemz/where.htm TRANSLATIONS DEUTSCH https://www.tnewfields.info/de/note.htm ESPAÑOL https://www.tnewfields.info/es/piel.htm FRANÇAIS https://www.tnewfields.info/fr/fure.htm NIHONGO https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/tanjou.htm ZHŌNGWÉN https://www.tnewfields.info/zh/chumo.htm