There are days when the body forgets it is a body. It moves, it functions, it answers its name, but somewhere beneath the surface it drifts— a house with the lights on, quietly empty. The touch brings it back. Not the kind that asks for meaning or leans toward a future it wants to claim. This touch carries no expectation. It arrives the way warmth reaches cold skin, without questions. Skin knows what words refuse to hold. It recognizes the weight of another presence, the simple proof of not being alone. A hand resting where it is allowed to rest. Arms forming a shape in which breathing becomes easier. There is something profoundly human about being held when you no longer know how to gather yourself. Nothing needs to be solved. Nothing needs to be named. Two bodies simply agreeing to remain. The warmth does not perform. It does not shimmer. It settles. It tells the watchful parts of you that they may loosen their grip. And when that touch is gone— when you return to the quiet edge of y...