How Many Times?

How Many Times?

How many times have I touched you?

Have my words reached out 

And gripped you from afar?

Have you felt them in your head

Crawling under your skin?

Have you saved any in your heart?

Have my words traced along your thoughts 

And given you goosebumps?

Or perhaps they trailed up your spine
And sent you shivers?

Maybe they have touched you so intimately

That now you are unsure as to whether 

The words are mine or your own?

As if your sentiments

Had suddenly sprung full-fleshed onto paper

Did you smile at a thought?

Cast your mind back into memory?

Or did you place your hand to your chest

And draw breath because 

In reading you somehow forgot to breathe?

Did you shed a tear?

Because suddenly you were not alone

Finding a connection in feeling

Because we have shared something vital

Separately together

How many times have I touched you?

Without touching you at all

Words: ©2019LCR
Image: CCO