The Touch of You
by Marguerite Alvis Venable
The touch of you, your substance and your strength,
Your ardor and some fresh young cleanliness -
There's something that proclaims you, makes you mine:
And think not ever that I love you less
Because I fly from even you, and take
Mysterious realms of solitude to keep:
The feel of you, your current, is in me;
My need of you flows passionate and deep.