Everyone wants to love and be loved.

SOMEONE TO HOLD

The nights are long and there are no more open arms
to welcome me.
I long to feel a loving body entwined in mine
as you wrap your gentle hands around my neck.

I will never take for granted those
passionate hugs and the feeling of
you next to my naked body again.

I will savor each and every one as a wonderful gift that
you share with me Your soothing body given with love and
tenderness.

Those special times nurture my soul and ease the pain of
all the trails of a pressure filled day and life.

Without someone to hold,
I am void of that safety net that protects my fall to oblivion
and emptiness.

I don't want to hold just anyone, it is only you that
I crave in my arms.

My heart craves,
for your sweet body around mine in a wondrous state of
bliss.
And yet another day passes and I survive without
the luxury of this
closeness.

So the search goes one or should I just learn that
I can live with this
unsatisfied desire.

No, I will never settle for this absence.
A Life to be whole needs the loving touch of someone who cares,
someone who loves.

Tim Connor