Olivia H. Poet Free verse

A touch

It stood out to me - Gold
Against the brown, mocha skin of your neck
It brought out an essence of what might lie within 
What I saw was the warmth of your body radiating 
That my fingers didn't need to feel 
I couldn't stop from imagining if I did touch you
Would I recognize it 
Would it feel strange 
Would it feel somewhere between home and I know you 
I let myself stand in the mystery 
I would admire you from afar 
Maybe then I wouldn't have to know 
That maybe our worlds within played the same tune 
It could be that it sung the same part of the same song 
I didn’t want to be sure of the truth 
It was comforting to know without certainty that we could be the same 
I let myself wallow in this fantasy 
I understood that if we touched 
I could be reassured of what my eyes saw 
Or feel a sudden wave of aloneness 
Unfamiliar - you might feel like the rest 
I didn’t wander here to you to feel it again and again 
It was hope that I felt 
Between what my eyes saw and my fingers that never touched too close 
Hope that I might’ve found someone just like me 
Hope that maybe you’d be the one 
- to have the faintest conception of what I mean when I say a thing

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