By beth - the little Australian one.
Date: 10 March 2000

Tenderness

There's a tenderness in your awkwardness.
So shy: your soul brushes mine -
Slight whispering movement.
If only you knew that
When it comes down to it
(palm to palm, one might say)
I'm just as scared as you,
For in not touching me,
you have touched me deepest of all.

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