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notlikely2
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0 posted 2000-07-13 09:08 AM


I met my love on the internet and wrote this poem before we actually met in person. At the time I was desperate to touch her. I still am........because she is not here with me right now!!!

One Touch

One touch
One touch is all I need
To fill the gap between
Our lives
And though I yearn for so much more
I know can never be
If but one finger of mine could reach yours
Then that would suffice

One tiny touch
One moment
One lifetime
One desire

Would never be enough in truth
But would douse enough
This fire

That I could bear the ache
That I could bear the pain
Of the everlasting minutes
Till I hear your voice
Again

One touch
Not lips, though that would be ideal
One single touch
Of fingertips
Would heal

One touch
Not hair, as much as I would like
To run my fingers through it
On a cold and windy night

One touch
Not breasts
Not thighs
Not hips

All I ask

One tiny touch

One single

Fingertip

x

Love is like the mumps.....the older you are, the harder it hits you!

© Copyright 2000 John Ward - All Rights Reserved
SEA
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with you
1 posted 2000-07-13 09:38 AM


Notlikely2~ WOW! This is great! I think anyone who has ever been in a long distance relationship can relate to this one! Great job.  -SEA           ***VOTE***  

Live,Love,Laugh :) ~SueB



notlikely2
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2 posted 2000-07-13 09:41 AM


Thanks Sea...but I did have some good inspiration!!
Janet Marie
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3 posted 2000-07-13 10:57 AM


this is excellent expression of how
it feels to need contact with someone
we feel so many emotions for.
wonderful writing...
man can i relate...
sometimes ya just want to reach thru the monitor screen  
take care
jm

There are places inside our souls-
that have never been touched.
there are places inside our hearts-
that need to be loved this much.
jm

Jeffrey Carter
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4 posted 2000-07-13 11:18 AM


Oh yeah, I can definitely relate to this one  
Mark Bohannan
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5 posted 2000-07-13 11:20 AM


Excellent writing.  I too wish that I could reach through my puter screen and touch just once one that I have never seen.
notlikely2
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6 posted 2000-07-13 11:41 AM


Janet...Thanks.....I can fortunately tell you that I have now reached through that screen....and boy is it good!!

Jeffrey...I am glad you can appreciate my feelings

Mark...keep dreaming and maybe one day you will reach through as I have done.

Love is like the mumps.....the older you are, the harder it hits you!

ynotme?
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7 posted 2000-07-13 11:59 AM


Notlikely2..this is beautiful.
I know exactly how you felt when you wrote this. I have been through something similar myself.
I loved the lines:
One tiny touch
One moment
One lifetime
One desire

Would never be enough in truth
But would douse enough
This fire

That I could bear the ache
That I could bear the pain
Of the everlasting minutes
Till I hear your voice
Again

Lets have some more of this!!

notlikely2
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8 posted 2000-07-13 12:05 PM


Thank you Ynot...I will try to write some more soon...I need to go home now...for inspiration!
LngJhnAg
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9 posted 2000-07-13 12:56 PM


Not - this is really pretty neat the way you laid it out - I like the style
Beverley
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10 posted 2000-07-13 01:14 PM


This is a POEM, it speaks to me.
Loved it, it's beautiful.

spiked
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11 posted 2000-07-13 01:31 PM


This is a great poem Notlikely2.
Great work
Rich

CocoBaci
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12 posted 2000-07-13 03:20 PM


          
I like this one it says alot ..
How a touch can mean so much
In just a scroll of fingertip
Upon sculpted face or desired lips
Hmm... very nice writing and presentation

AMaZing
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13 posted 2000-07-13 03:29 PM


One touch.....beautiful work!!

Cuddlez
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14 posted 2000-07-13 04:06 PM


Very pretty... This can also describe the one person loves but the other person doesnt love back scenario. I liked it...

Time flies? Say it not so, time stays we go.

Lorelei54
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15 posted 2000-07-13 04:16 PM


Not, we also met on the internet...and the days when we could not touch were terrible...I'd touch the PC screen, something LJA had given me, lay with my eyes closed and try to feel his touch...want to hear what finally brought him close to me when we were apart?  He had a habit of keeping a cough drop in his mouth,  so that was a familiar taste...I'd buy the same cough drops and that brought him close...silly, but it helped me deal with mmissing him...I'm SO glad those days are far behind us know and we are one...and know the seperations, though they do come at times, will never be for good!
notlikely2
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16 posted 2000-07-14 04:06 AM


WOWEE!!!!
What a response.

Lngjgn Glad you liked the style...it really just created itself.
Beverley..aww...you got me blushing again now!!

Spiked
Thanks...it is nice to be appreciated.

Coco..Inspiration makes the presentation and I had plenty of that.

Amazing...Thanx again.

Cuddlez
I guess you are right...but in our case it was just that one of us had to take the plunge to meet....and we did!!

Lorelei
It is good to hear of someone else who met in the same way as we did. You know we had only met five times before we decided to live together...but we knew each otherbetter than most married couples ever do. If you are honest about yourself, the internet is a wonderful way to meet.



Love is like the mumps.....the older you are, the harder it hits you!

Bustem57
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17 posted 2000-07-14 05:13 AM


Just wonderful!! I have the same feelings and you have expressed them perfectly!!
notlikely2
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18 posted 2000-07-14 06:47 AM


Thank you Bustem...I'd like to hear your story someday...
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