Not Too Poetry

Last Saturday I was at an event with friends from church discussing various topics around singleness and the myths that cling to it.

One of the topics was the availability of intimacy for those who live celibate. Intimacy can get caught up in sex and physical expressions of love, whereas it’s quite distinct. Intimacy is more about honesty, trust and a willingness to be vulnerable. This is avialble outside marriage and a sexual relationship.

I found it better to explain in a poem –

Intimacy

Intimacy is not mere physicality.
Intimacy takes a heartful of risky honesty.
Its essence is vulnerability –
an ability to willingly hand over the key
to your dignity and entrust it to another
by degree or in its entirety.

And listen carefully:
It’s not limited to matrimony.
It’s a delicacy available to anybody
and without it friendship is hollow
and fully half empty.

So – who are you intimate with?