Just a touch of-
I hold my palm out, and
she leans her forehead into it.
I squeeze.
We resume watching our show
wordless.
She uncurls a leg from the blankets, and
I open my hands to hold her heel.
I squeeze.
With a touch we
Acknowledge,
Connect,
Affirm,
Support
our electrons briefly
shared the same space
exchanged potentials
traveled up nerves to declare
we were real
for a moment we
for a touch we
Our atoms, at least
Existed together.
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Beautiful. Thanks for this, Toko.