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don’t  touch me. not because   i break, but because   i forget     where i end. your hand   doesn’t hurt. but it     shifts   the lines     between skin       and silence. i want  to be   held,     but not taken. i want      the warmth       without the aftersound. when you   touch,     i disappear       into the outline         of your want. i reach back   not to stop     but to       delay. to fold   the moment     before it       becomes         mine. touch me   but only     as question. never   as name. —
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Jun 30, 2025
Jun 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM UTC
don’t touch me / touch me
don’t  touch me. not because   i break, but because   i forget     where i end. your hand   doesn’t hurt. but it     shifts   the lines     between skin       and silence. i want  to be   held,     but not taken. i want      the warmth       without the aftersound. when you   touch,     i disappear       into the outline         of your want. i reach back   not to stop     but to       delay. to fold   the moment     before it       becomes         mine. touch me   but only     as question. never   as name. —
RastislavKnezi
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Jun 30, 2025
Jun 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM UTC
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