Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

You Cannot Hug Everybody

Genuine hugs eliminate problems
quickly uplift you
effectively inspire hope
often help make peace

Hugs are for family, friends, lovers.
They calm, sooth, make you feel loved.
They are kind, joyful and inspire hope.

Unless they are unexpected,
unsolicited, unwelcome hugs.
These can make you feel confused,
tearful, and fearful.

Be careful and fully aware if you are a hugger;
you cannot hug everybody; for some people
especially traumatized people may 
misinterpret, misunderstand and become
more traumatized.  

It is best to ask. 


Craig Cornish
Contest: Hugs
Written 6-3-2020

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Mahtab Bangalee June 4, 2020 at 5:10 AM hug and hug, friendly, there is love; but don't hug corona though inimically, there is death ..! Caren Krutsinger June 5, 2020 at 7:16 AM We are still sheltering in place in my county. People will not come here. We have had 71 deaths in my small county of the Covid 19.