MEANING

 

A smile

A hug

A kiss

All simple intimacies that we often experience 

And we use them as symbols with meaning 

But what if we didn't have to?

A sensual kiss on the rooftop in the starry skies

Him tasting like weed and a hint of mint 

His hands in my hair

My hands on his neck

It could mean something 

But why does it have to? 

I muse at the thought of sharing a moment because we can

And not having the anxiety that follows of defining what we are

It was just a kiss

Just a hug

Just one touch

The thought that one kiss shouldn't mean the door is open seems not so plausible in society today 

But why shouldn't it? 

We are blessed with immense freedom yet we choose to imprison ourselves in the conceptualization of our actions

Is mere attraction being rewarded by a kiss simply not enough meaning? 

We are so suffocated in the meaning that we fail to absorb the feeling 

It should always be about what it makes you feel

When someone holds you so tight you feel them absorbing your cold filling you with warmth

Why give meaning to such a docile yet wholesome experience? 

When someone's smile lights your dim day

Does the feeling matter more than what it meant? 

Symbolic interactionism Is a fickle concept that aims at caging our feelings 

We don't kiss strangers because what would they think it meant? 

Men don't hug other men because what will others think? 

We don't touch those whose touch we crave so dearly because we are so disillusioned by what society perceives of such a mere action 

It's strange what desire will make foolish people do

But it's stranger what limitations will make wholesome actions feel