Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

Hugging Means Everything To Some

Hugging means everything to some
It is shunned by a few
I feel sorry for those who cannot hug

I had to teach my mother how to hug me
She never could when I was a child
But she could hug my children readily

I observed this and began to hug her first.
The first few times I hugged her, she flinched.
It may have taken ten or eleven goodbye hugs

I knew that she caught on, and liked it.
because she began reaching for me first.
These were the best hugs, the ones I needed the most.
The ones I missed growing up.
The ones that would have soothed me in so many ways.

Now my mother is gone.
It has been two years since I had one of her hugs.
When I get to heaven I hope to have them again.
They meant everything to my child within.

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Kim Rodrigues January 7, 2022 at 9:39 AM I would hug for just that sec too long and mom would push me away. Her mom was not a hugger. But my mom would sit close and could be handsy in the dept store dressing room…lol. Love and miss my mom…all who she is! Hugs to you, dear Caren! Kim Rodrigues January 8, 2022 at 7:16 PM And I likewise love to talk to my mom’s two sisters. God’s gifts. Caren Krutsinger January 7, 2022 at 9:54 AM Thank you Kim. I have gotten closer to my 85 year old aunt because her voice inflections are exactly like my mother's.