When relations are strained
and hurt mounts
we recoil from one another
retreating into our selves
to nurse our wounds

But after a time,
when we begin to heal,
bodies tingle with longing,
asking, insistently:
when can we touch, again? https://t.co/UD5CFePHk8 #posh #hive pic.twitter.com/RBFXleed0q

— Yahia Lababidi (@YahiaLababidi) April 6, 2020