being touched

to touch

or to be touchedthrough eyesthrough earsthrough memoriesthrough fleshomnipresentlyYet, what occurs between the vibrant plea — “do not touch me”and the gentle will of “touch me”?What transpires between defense and willingness?

August 18, 2021

Sila Blume

Questions

being touched, defense, humanity, interpersonal, Questions, relationship, to touch, touch, willingness
What does being touched mean? What is touched?

We met at a train station. Just one passing another by. We began a short conversation but one that brought our being in life straight up to a deep surface. My train arrived but she succeeded in something that the modern world does not achieve, by flipping out a business card out of nowhere —…

August 4, 2021

Sila Blume

Homo sapiens, Human Condition, Questions

being touched, business cards, Conversation, encounters, social, strangers, train station