but what do we teach?
I hope that every touch promotes more touch
and that my touch will bring your touch
and that our touch can help cure touch
Then I can cease to worry.
As time passes, we use touch to scare girls
and to kill fathers
To shackle heroes
and free our enemies
The very sensation of love is through touch
I hope that some days, the soft touch of my hand
brings you pure joy
And in a society where we hide behind our technological fortresses
I hope that the very institution of sensational connection
is not lost for good
For every gun that you grip, I challenge you
to inversely compensate for the emotional wounds you cause
And if there shall ever be a day that you see your sister smiling,
you touch her to make it last
If she should cry,
touch her to tell her that the connection she has lost is found in you
I may have touched kettles too hot
and hearts too cold
places I've been, and emotions I know
But my goal for this life is to feel this world through the eyes of a blind man
and to ceaselessly renew my appreciation for the climactic sensation of
touch
