*Thank you to Gus Moretta for the photo via Unsplash.

If I hugged you
With my entire being
Would our hearts beat in tandem?

If I let you in
With no inhibitions
Would sparks bring life again?

If I held you
Tenderly
Oh so tenderly
With a hand on your chest
And another in your hair

Would this quiver
Turned to quake
Calm as we become a pair?

*Written 7.21.23