There is great risk

There is great risk when you ask to be loved

To accept fingers run through your hair for what they are
an expression of care and a desire to comfort

There is great risk when you ask to be loved

To lay the full lengths of your body side by side and
enjoy the warmth, the unparalleled warmth, of another human being

There is great risk when you ask to be loved

To remember kisses and caresses, feel hand on flesh and thigh and beyond
even more acutely when no one shares your bed

There is great risk when you ask to be loved