My mother gave this poem to me over 20 years ago and I still get teary eyed every time I read it...


Please Touch Me....

Babies enter the world with a need to be touched
and hunger for it all through life..

I am your baby. Please touch me!
Not just when you feed and diaper me.
But stroke my head, back, legs, & arms.
Hold me close in tenderness,
that says...I love you.

I am a teenager. Please touch me!
I need to feel a fond love coming through
your hand, your arms.
I need to see it in your eyes...
Hear it in your voice when we disagree.
Some of me is still a child. Please touch me!

I am a child with a family of my own.
Please put your arms around me.
Mother, Father when my heart aches.
With heartaches you too have known.
Now that I am a parent,
I see you differently and love you more.
When you embrace yoru grandchildren,
Don't forget me!

I am your aging parent. Please touch me!
The way my mother did when I was young.
My hair is corase and gray, but please stroke it.
My hand is withered, but please hold it.
Embrace my tiring body.
I need your strength. Please touch me!

That's so touching...no pun intended.

For you.
For Mother

Very nice poem I like.

That is 1 of the most loving & tender writes that I have ever had the pleasure of reading.Exquisitely beautiful indeed.Thx! 4 sharing that w/us sweetheart.Godspeed!Cy

That touch is something I will never get tired of and is something I miss terribly when Mom is not around!

I love you Bry and will hold your hand forever!

Group hug, group hug, group hug!

I'm game for the group hug!!

awwww, Bry, that was truly beautiful.. thank you sweet lady