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Embraces


07.25.17 Posted in today's words by

Howard F. Stein’s most recent poem to appear here was “Purpose” (June 2017)

Embraces
By Howard F. Stein    

You hugging me,
I hugging you—
not so easily parsed
as it may appear.
Your arms envelop
my body, as if
they could reach
all the way around.
I respond in kind,
as if you had extended
an invitation.

Soon I could not tell
where your hug ended
and mine began.
For a moment,
two lives held
by a single embrace,
as if the hug
had an existence
all its own
and we were
but its fulfillment.



One Response to “Embraces”

  1. Bobbie Troy says:

    Great image. Love it.

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