TOUCH
Language: English
Sharpen your senses…
If you use your senses
you can go anywhere:
A memory, a dream
a kiss that colored my flesh scarlet
If you use your senses
you can be anything:
A normal boy in the world with nothing to fear
who got out
who made it out of his forest of thorns
And when I touch you
I am that boy
and you are that boy
Here in this room, in this back alley
the two of us, half a person, can be one
You and I
Will you use your senses
enfold me in sultry heat
warm my ravaged bones
But remember me only by the sun’s hopeful touch
And if you use your senses
You’ll find me
in the mountains -- in the stars
You’ll find me
you’ll find me
Text Authorship:
- by Garrett Medlock (b. 1993), "TOUCH", written 2024, copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Researcher for this page: Garrett Medlock
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2025-09-04
Line count: 25
Word count: 133