A HUG.
A hug came in my mail today
and caught me unawares.
I thought it was a wondrous way
to show that someone cares.
This touching sentiment apprised
a somewhat doleful heart.
But I was pleasantly surprised
at what it would impart.
Musing over paradigms
of things to overcome.
It made me ponder all those times
when I needed someone.
You may know the times I mean
when you feel all alone.
Those times you wish to vent your spleen
and have a moan and groan.
But if you do this with your friends
and they don’t want to know.
Sometimes that’s where the friendship ends
‘ midst even more aggro.
For some, a hug’s a platitude
of crass banality.
So I must show my gratitude
for this hug they gave to me.
Am I right or am I wrong
Or simply just absurd.
To think that I have lived so long
and never used this word.
Very many things I write
yet not one hug I’ve sent.
Even though I think it might
be what I really meant.
B. Withers 2013
A hug came in my mail today
and caught me unawares.
I thought it was a wondrous way
to show that someone cares.
This touching sentiment apprised
a somewhat doleful heart.
But I was pleasantly surprised
at what it would impart.
Musing over paradigms
of things to overcome.
It made me ponder all those times
when I needed someone.
You may know the times I mean
when you feel all alone.
Those times you wish to vent your spleen
and have a moan and groan.
But if you do this with your friends
and they don’t want to know.
Sometimes that’s where the friendship ends
‘ midst even more aggro.
For some, a hug’s a platitude
of crass banality.
So I must show my gratitude
for this hug they gave to me.
Am I right or am I wrong
Or simply just absurd.
To think that I have lived so long
and never used this word.
Very many things I write
yet not one hug I’ve sent.
Even though I think it might
be what I really meant.
B. Withers 2013
