PLEASE TOUCH ME

If I am your baby.

Please touch me

I need your touch in ways you may never know.

Don't just wash and diaper and feed me

But rock me close, kiss my face and stroke my body.

Your soothing, gentle touch says security and love.

If I am your child

Please touch me.

Though I may resist, even push you away,

Persist, find ways to meet my needs,

Your goodnight hug helps sweeten my dreams.

Your daytime touching tells me how you really feel.

If I am your teenager

Please touch me

Don't think because I’m almost grown

I don’t need to know that you still care.

I need your loving arms, I need a tender voice.

When the road gets rocky, then the child in me still needs.

I am your friend

Please touch me.

Nothing lets me know you care like a warm embrace

A healing touch when I'm depressed assures me I am loved

And reassures me that lam not alone.

Yours may be the only comforting touch I get

If I am your sexual partner

Please touch me.

You may think that your passion is enough,

But only your arms hold back my fears.

I need your tender reassuring touch,

To remind me I am loved just because I am me.

If I am your aging parent

Please touch me.

The way I was touched when I was very young

Hold my hand sit close to me, give me strength

And warm my tired body with your nearness.

Although my skin is work wrinkled, it loves to be stroked