<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=437892" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Intimacy</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Afraid of intimacy.<br>A heart that has been stung, <br>Just once...<br>Becomes more suspicious, <br>And less naive...<br>When a stinging from someone loved, <br>Is untimely done.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Afraid of intimacy.<br>Very few are ready to commit to this.<br>Until assured some consistency, <br>Is readily given...<br>In the sharing of mutual needs.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Not many will leave themselves open.<br>Or acknowledge publicly...<br>A wish for a love uncompared, <br>Shared in secret privacy.<br>And one devoted and discreet.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Afraid of intimacy? <br>Not me! <br>Whether private in discreet...<br>Or publicly displayed on crowded streets.<br>I seek a one on one! <br>That would suit me perfectly.<br>But these days that kind of intimacy, <br>Seems to be antiquated history.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Afraid of intimacy.<br>Very few are ready to commit to this.<br>Until assured some consistency, <br>Is readily given...<br>In the sharing of mutual needs.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And that would be my philosophy, <br>Regarding how I feel about intimacy.<br>An act complete of 'shared' familiarity.<br>Not something done to walk away from and leave.<br>That's nothing more than satisfying a convenience.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=437892" data-title="Intimacy de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="Afraid of intimacy. A heart that has been stung, Just once... Becomes more suspicious, And less naive... When a stinging from someone loved, Is untimely done. Afraid of intimacy. Very few are ready to commit to this. Until assured some consist..."></div> </div> </div>

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