By The Toe Poem by Sindiswa Nobuntu Ndamane

You touch me by the toe
But I feel your touch in my tummy
It must be magic,
The magic everyone thought was just a fairytale.
I never believed in fairytales,
I still don't.
You make everything real
You make me believe that I could touch,
Touch something I thought I could not
You have made me feel my heart in motion,
A motion that soothe my blood
In a way that can ease my body.
That touch by the toe
Is what I need to feel,
Its what I need to heal
If you can do it eternally
My gratefulness will go beyond boarders
Even boarders of eternal life, should they exist.