Drinking tea in the rain
in the smell of rain
plain tea, plain rain
but, the two of us, full
of expectation: touch me
touch me, feel me
Lips, hands, all
of you, dear darling
touch me, touch me
nicer much nicer
than dreaming
dreaming the past
If you like you can
silently shout a stick
into the sky, climb
and climb higher, higher
sliding looser, looser
down and up
higher higher up
colours around the sun
diving deep into them
wallowing and wrapping yourself
and sparking sparks
from my hands
But stay with me
want me, want to
see and feel me
keep me whole
see me, feel me
touch me, touch me
The closing song of "Tommy" (1969, Pete Townshend, The Who), "We're not gonna take it", ends with the exclamation "See me, feel me, / touch me, heal me"
For Maria Godschalk
Collection "On living on"
