The Touch

Okay, this week I want to talk about the “Touch.” 

Touch between two people, or more, and I’m not talking about the casual reach out and stroke someone’s arm type. I’m talking about the sensual, heated touch that leaves your skin with tingly, the touch that can make your whole body shiver. It’s almost magical, it has the ability to make your heart beat faster, perhaps even make you forget what you were thinking of, or maybe even having your imagination kick into gear wondering what those magical hands can do to other parts of your body. 

You know the one right?

Scenario: 

You’re meeting up with your date at a local restaurant, that person is early and you pull up, park, take a quick peek in the rearview mirror to be sure your makeup still looks fresh and you’re excited about seeing him/her again. You get out and your mind is racing with happy. You’re thinking ohmygod I can’t wait. However, you’re not expecting a simple touch, you’re thinking a hug, a kiss, giving no thought at all to what his/her hands, fingers, or what they can do to make you feel as if you’re the most important person in the world to him/her. You’re not thinking what a mere touch can do or will do to you. Not until you’re in front of that person, you look into those eyes, you smile, that other person smiles, and s/he reaches out and gently touches you on the upper arm, skin on skin. A small shiver there, like goose bump material? Not really? Maybe a feeling of wow, that felt good. Okay, let’s think about the touch in this way. Gentle hand around the back of your neck, holding you there as s/he leans in for a quick hello kiss. Yes, you feel the touch of lips, but it’s that touch on the back of your neck that your body is reacting to as well, if not all the way. Goose bumps yet? How about when that hand, turns to a few fingers and they glide slowly down the side of your neck o right under your jaw and s/he lifts your face up to look right into those wonderful shiny eyes, your chin in those fingers. 

Not yet? Okay, how about when you walk into the restaurant and her/his hand is based on the lower part of your back leading you inside. You place one foot in front of the other, you look ahead of you, you stand tall, and you’re following the hostess to your seat but you can’t deny that the hand resting on the lower part of your back isn’t affecting you in any way at all. It is. Even over the clothing you can feel the heat coming off that hand. 

Take a look at your hands, and then cross one arm over the other and gently run your hands up and down each arm… What feelings do you feel? Now imagine your lover doing that same thing, up and down your arms. Feels different. It’s the touch of another who you have feelings for, and those feelings make you respond differently. You get happy thoughts and feel on top of the world. Oh and naked? The touch? Yeah… You know. 

Now, I want you to imagine the touch when it comes from someone you’re not too fond of. Someone who may freak you out a bit. What does that touch do for you? Not. A. Thing. It may in fact creep you out, make your skin crawl, makes your lips curl up in displeasure. You shudder but not in a good way. 

Really, it’s amazing what human touch can do. Humans need physical interaction, we thrive off of it. Hugs, kisses, touches, all of it. We need it to thrive. Without it, without the simple touch from even a family member, we can be a depressed lot. 

So, find that special person in your life, test the theory, touch him/her, gently, alongside their body, up their neck, perhaps to the back of the neck, run your fingers through the base of their hair, through their hair to their scalp, or go the other way, down the side of a leg, inside and out and watch how that body responds.

Till next week.

Michele

That “Kiss”

Yes! That’s the one! You know that one I’m talking about right? The one that you’ve been anticipating all day, the one that can speed up your heart by thinking about it, to the point that you catch yourself closing your eyes imagining what it’ll feel like. You know the one, right? It’s the one where it makes your insides all quivery and happy, goose-bump worthy, the one that makes you weak in the knees, makes breathing almost impossible through the pants, it’s the one that can bring a smile to your face no matter what’s going on around you.

Wait…that wasn’t even the kiss yet! Slow down. 

We’re talking about what we expect when we want to connect with that special someone in a way that goes beyond a mere kiss on your cheek(s), and lets include a hug with that long awaited kiss. Feeling a warm body up close to yours, feeling that body as close as possible, (with clothes on that is.) The smell of the other person, how tightly yet gently they’ll hold you right before you kiss… OH! Wait. I’m getting ahead of myself. 

Back on track. So, imagine all of that to this point. Will that magic kiss, the one you’ve waited perhaps weeks, months, years for from that one special person, be everything you’ve dreamt it will be? 

Will it meet what you’ve been thinking about it all along? Is the anticipation waiting on that one true magic kiss better than the kiss itself? 

Let’s find out shall we? You finally get to the point where it’s you and your selected other half. You’re standing there looking at one another, it’s as if all that you’re feeling is in yours eyes, like a magnetic field surrounds the two of you, your eyes almost feel fevered with the want of the taste of the other person, they’re sending signals, silently of course to the person’s eyes, heat builds, you focus from their eyes to their lips, all the thoughts you’ve been having of the special magic kiss come back and unknowingly you may lick your lips, you feel heated from the inside out, that same quivering feeling comes back your heart races, you look back into those eyes and silently you’re saying, “Kiss me, take my breath away.” Closer and closer you stand to one another, you aim in on those lips, just inches away from yours. A noise may escape from your throat, not on purpose but your whole body is now shaking with the need to taste that other person. 

Closer, your lips are just a hairsbreadth away, your eyes darting with dark need from the persons eyes to lips, back and forth, breathing becomes harder, your lips feel dry so you lick them slowly and before you know it, the smell of the other person engulfs all of your senses, those lips finally, after waiting forever for them to meet yours, happens. At first the kiss is gentle, lips to lips, you want to remember every single moment of that first kiss, right? Those lips you’ve been day dreaming about, wondering if the kiss would be powerful, controlling, yet gentle and exciting, maybe soft, yet firm, passionate. Thick or thin lips, what does it matter? Your hands are then out of your control, they slip around the neck that belongs to the person who owns those lips, your body gets as close as never before, your arms tighten around that neck, and before you have a chance to think, you feel that tongue you’ve wondered about since meeting. Licking your lips, teeth gently nibble on your lower lip, a kiss again, then another lick. A moan then escapes your throat, your heart is pounding wildly away in your chest, your knees weaken, you lean into that body more and without support you know you’d crumble to your knees. 

A hand reaches to the back of your neck, a gentle tug to the underside of your hair, forcing your head back at the same time the owner of those lips nibbles down a bit harder, you open your mouth to perhaps say ouch, yet before that word makes it out, you find yourself lost in the deliciousness of that amazing kiss. 

It’s everything you imagined and more. 

So, what type of kiss is your favorite? I just told you mine. 

Till next week.

Hugs!!

Michele