| To Touch... Or Not to Touch That is the Perplexing Question |
| Body-part touching is confusing Ears... legs... elbows... knees Foreheads... anuses... ankles Lips... the list goes on and on But why are some Body-parts Thought about so differently Why do some parts carry so Much more 'Special Meaning' Than other Body-parts... why Are some parts so laden with Emotion... anxiety... even anger Why is a nipple so different Than say a wrist? Why would the touching of the One Body-part be commonplace While the touching of the other A potential invitation to bliss... Or to mayhem How did you already know Which one was which? This Body-part touching is Strange stuff... important stuff Impacting dramatically on Virtually everyone's life... How they perceive themselves If their intimate relationships Succeed or fail.. or just settle Into some ongoing 'limbo'... Tolerable... but not satisfying How does everyone learn Which Body-parts are so Special ? Do we just presume they have Special Meaning because they're Supposed to be cloaked from view But what about uncloaked hands And lips that flop in and out of the Classification of 'Special Meaning' Is the 'Special Meaning' label not Related to the Body-parts per se But rather to the Use of the parts... For example nipples do not have Special Meaning unless and until They're touched by lips or fingers Or yet another alternative... Could it be that 'Special Meaning' Comes from the Context of the Touching... meaning Body-part Touching by one is desirable... But abhorrent if another touches And if the Concept of Body-part Touching is confusing... What about individuals' Perceptions Of this major aspect of a life... How could they vary so widely |
| How is it possible that for many Body-part touching is an avocation Pursued with vigor... joy...passion Creativity - yea even desire And yet for others... Body-part Touching is a 'make-do' activity An occasional one... one endured Rather than one embraced Accepted rather than sought Tolerated rather than initiated How is all of this possible... How could the same activity... Touching of 'Special Meaning' Body-parts... be perceived by The former as exuberant... by The latter as mediocre Does everyone start neutral? And what of the remaining... Those who perceive Body-part Touching as the 'pits'... messy Replete with onerous fluids Sensations... feelings... best To be avoided whenever possible How can an entire core of a life be Frightened or willed away. Why ? How does this happen ? Who would permit this... Is the subject of Body-part Touching Really that complex and confusing Mightily worthy of the turmoil and Disarray it often causes in individuals Families... children... society Or is the simple activity... Body-part Touching in and of itself... really just Very simple... a joyful activity that Celebrates life and Aliveness... and Deserves to have participation's cloak Of shame or deceit removed forever Could it be us who are confused and Perplexed... disarrayed by a society's Instructions that were built upon idealized Aspirations from folklore and fairytales... ... And then transmitted mindlessly from One generation to another by those Whose Quest for Conformity compelled Them in fear... to teach what they knew From their own observations and life of Body-Part touching... to be false Often hypocritical... and detracting from Their own happiness and satisfaction Who would continue to wish This insanity upon their Children's lives? |
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