touchtheheart

To touch the heart of someone dear,
though it might sometimes cause a tear
to fall or rest upon a cheek,
should be something all should seek

for often hearts, not touched at all,
start hardening and shrinking small
and then the time it takes to grow,
a loving heart is very slow

for hearts expand as those who care,
extend their love and let us share
a moment, space or special phrase,
that eases pain on dreary days
or simply starts our lips to smile,
and brightens time for just a while

the ways and kinds and means of sharing,
it seems to me, are based on caring
and though we're often worlds apart,
you still can touch my very heart
you make me smile or shed a tear

and I'll remember year to year,
just how your touching helped me grow
I just thought I'd tell you so

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