Densensitized
A gentle touch would leave me reeling
A sweet word would leave me yielding
A hungry look would leave me fantasizing
A warm embrace would leave me smoldering
Sensations on the surface
Nerve endings alive, vibrant
Receptors in overdrive
Overabundance of feelings
Uninhibited response
To a smile, a touch, a word, a nuance of meaning
Body reactions immediate
Melting, softening, quivering, expecting
Set to motion with the bare minimum of provocation
Until….
Until I learned…
A gentle touch can turn demanding
A sweet word can turn demeaning
A burning look can turn charring
Now…
Now sensations have become worn
Unable to detect
True from false
Genuine from fake
Now….
Desensitized I am
To what may be true, real, beautiful....eternal
Words are just a collection of letters
Looks just meaningless expressions
Touches just contact of hands on flesh
My soul still hungry
Bare….untouched….
Cloistered
Are my dreams
My wants
My desires
In the safety
Of my desensitized heart.
Eileen Manassian Ghali
Copyright © Eileen Manassian | Year Posted 2013
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