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Touch Therapy - 7

Have our Inner Children
outgrown our hustling hearts,
have they become quiet
rather than curious about love,
do you remember the first time
your Inner Child screamed
at the world justly,
can you recall the original jiggle
that gifted happines's riddle,
I want your Inner Child 
to climb the trees of my eyes,
to draw enigmatic pictures
about how my heart beats for you,
I want your Inner Child
to trust the tone of my voice,
to feel safe in the storm
as long as I'm there to care,
I want our Inner Children to remind us
why love listens to laughter
and why creativity plays
freely in their impulsivity,
I want you to teach
my Inner Child how to reach
into adulthood's padamonium
and reveal the secret of eternal joy...

J.A.B.  2023

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Alesia Leach

Date: 4/17/2025 1:34:00 PM

This touched something quiet and sacred, J.A.B. I love how you ask love not to perform, but to remember--to reach backward and inward. The imagery is just exquisite. It turns longing into play, and love into safe rebellion. And that closing line? “Reveal the secret of eternal joy...” --feels like the whispered mission of every heart still carrying its Inner Child forward. Thank you for this beautiful reminder that laughter and healing are forever intertwined. --Alesia

Justin Bordner
Date: 5/6/2025 4:40:00 PM

Yes Poetess, genuine love always looks first to pure flavor, pure red...J.A.B.

Laura Breidenthal

Date: 2/13/2025 1:54:00 AM

A plea to return to the hearts natural rhythms— the inner child meeting the complexities of adulthood.. dancing between nostalgia and hope..claiming perhaps the original spark. Always, Laura

Justin Bordner
Date: 2/20/2025 6:54:00 PM

"The heart's natural rhythms", perfectly assessed Poetess. Innocence, trust, love, freedom..."original spark", how vulnerable, and powerful that Spark is. Oh how this world targets it...J.A.B.