Touching Base

Touching Base

What does it mean,
Electrofied,
To touch
A touch
That knows
It's touching back?

Is even basic consciousness
Not enough
To spare
Ourselves
Some prideful moment?

Miracle to be,
And more to have
Substantial
Reason to believe,

But to actually feel
Another's pulse,

Yes,
Different
From me,
In exactly
The same
Circumstances.

Different takes,
Different needs,
Different desires,
Different insecurities,

The kind of
Raw burning touch
That includes a wound
Coupled with ecstacy.