To Touch

To understand a poem is to be touched by the poet To bring a reader to weep is to hold her in your arms To look at ourselves when penning is to distance all narratives I for my part choose to gather love, Not just in its passionate directives, But in its art of innocent trust, it's ability to grow with a giving hand So, if this is understood, I am touching and being touched And if not, Then I join so many others, In writing to themselves Have you heard, it is better to give than receive? I say, the one giving is the one receiving Especially in poetry, So I give this poem to Sandra Feldman