"LOVE ME WITH YOUR EYES!"

LOVE ME WITH YOUR EYES!

by

Linda J. De Graw

(copyright 1991)

Please don't touch me !!!

Love me with your eyes alone.

You see, it hurts.

My body remembers.

If you touch me
I might cry.
I might run away ... sob ... scream ...
My body remembers.

I want you to love me...
I need your love so much!!!
But, love me with your eyes alone --
I'm afraid I'll run away from your touch!

My body remembers
when violence wore a cloak of "LOVE" ...
when being touched by someone who "loved" me
left me cold and dead inside.

I NEED you to love me...
I want your love SO MUCH !!!
But, love me with your eyes alone --
I'm afraid I'll run away from your touch.