An Embrace

As teenagers

your touch

was all I needed

a kiss

a hug

an embrace

I could sit

and stare at you

knowing who you were

who you used to be

Just to feel you

against me

the heat would radiate

and I would know

this is where I belonged

but now

it's gone

a kiss is horror

a hug burns

and an embrace

is a twist of suffocation

now I don't know who you are

who you could be

Now to feel you

against me

is a tragedy