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I know now why Jesus said: "do not hold on"
If I could touch you once more, I would not
know how to ever let you go.

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Touch-me-not describes the end of the life of the golden jewel weed flower.
The delicate flower morphs in to a fuzzy green pod which explodes on touch,
Scattering and sowing seeds for great distances around.

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Last week and this we bore witness

To senseless gun violence. We must touch

Each other with Love to end this sickness.

dm

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I have not held someone’s hand
In more than a year
My hands have lost their muscle memory

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That grating buzz of a hard-plucked bass string

Vibrates unsettlingly within

Yearning for the damper of a sturdy warm touch

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A cool hand on your fevered brow
A warm embrace
A firm handshake
Or a kind word to melt your heart.
We are touched - now, and then even more!afterr lockdown.

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We declare to you
What we have touched with our hands—
The Word of Life fleshed!

1 John 1:1

WDRplus

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You touch me            I touch you     Mutuality 

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You touch me            I touch you     Mutuality 

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Side by side
half-asleep
I reach out to connect with you.

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When I say your word/kindness/story/... touched me

The truth of that metaphor lies in the raw power of flesh touching flesh

And every time we reach out in word/kindness/story it acknowledges that power and our need to share it’s overwhelming truth

BWH

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Touch, connect, join souls
Bring comfort, encouragement
In this together

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Reach out, even so; though skin to skin is lacking; allow the feelings in.
HilaryC

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On Saturday, I bump elbows with beloved friends

I miss the warmth of hands, the gentle squeeze of flesh.

Even more, I miss being embraced, breath mingled, hearts connecting.

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in the anointing of hands /
a gentleness of Spirit's presence /
Holy blessing

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Our spiritual connection
Manifested in the physical
with a Touch

MD

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Pandemic season.
Avoiding for a whole year.
Deaths of loneliness.

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There are only two men in my life who hug me like my body doesn’t make them afraid or disgusted.