Sincere Gestures

Who ever knew 
     That something as simple as a hug could mean so much

I can’t remember the last time I received a genuine hug 

The last time someone reached out and took me in their arms 

And then there you are offering me a kind embrace

Which is so foreign to me that I at first confuse it for some sort of awkward sideways high-five       before realizing it was a hug              

And then you held me gently in your arms

Your sweater soft and comforting

Your warmth filling me up as a I breathed in your scent 

And awkwardly rested my chin on your sharp shoulder bone

I felt as if I would cry 

Because you had reached out to me 

Like no other 

In the simplest and sweetest of human gestures 

An Embrace 

Full Moon

As I looked up at the full moon tonight 

I wondered if you were looking at it too

And then I began to wonder 

how many other hundreds and thousands of people 

were all looking up at that same moon 

And how many of them were wondering

if someone else was sharing the same moon with them 

And I thought it was a beautiful thing, 

how so many different beings can share 

something so simple and so natural 

So I as thought about the moon 

and you

and what the moon might meant to you

and to everyone else in this world, 

I realized there was actually a pretty good chance 

you were sleeping 

and not sharing the moon with me 

for it was almost three AM 

So I closed my curtains 

crossed the room 

and crawled into my empty bed 

feeling smaller and more alone than I had in a while 

You Pull me in, 

and wrap your icy fingers around me

in a cold embrace. 

You swirl and twirl my hair, 

into a mess of beautiful curls. 

You sweep me off my feet, 

and pull me into your depths. 

Only to release me for a gasp of air. 

You hold me on my back, 

so that I may face the sky. 

You surround me with rhythm, 

and your repeated sway of movement. 

And when I finally leave you, 

the taste of salt still on my lips, 

I hear you calling me back, 

Begging me to allow you to pull me under once more.