beyond touch (or 'Love in the age of COVID-19')

when the Gardener
once dead
then alive
told the griever
once distressing
then embracing
'Don't touch me'
i never imagined
it was an invitation
to experience
the depths
and power
of Love
that touches
our Depths
beyond touch...

until now. 

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'Noli Me Tangere' ('Don't touch me') by Maja Lisa Englehardt