Beyond Good Touch Bad Touch

April 25, 2026

The lesson’s familiar, yet incomplete,
For safety’s sake, we must redefine
The boundaries of touch, the invasion of sight
When eyes devour, and privacy takes flight

Private spaces, once sacred, now breached
By hungry gazes that linger and clutch
Though assault and murder loom larger still
We mustn’t overlook the subtle thrill

Of ogling eyes that strip and expose
The quiet violation that few disclose
When will we teach the art of self-defense
Against the predators who stalk from a distance?

When will we celebrate the curve of a smile,
The radiance that outshines the physical form?
For true beauty lies in inner might
A strength that shines, and never yields to night.

Navratra

Navratra is a bilingual writer from Jaipur, India, where her love for writing blossomed in school. Her notable works have been featured in prominent literary magazines and journals, including Sahitya Kunj, Spillwords Press, Setu Magazine, The Criterion, Madras Courier, The Beautiful Mind Journal, Scarlet Dragon Fly Journal, Indus Woman Writing, Basset Hound Press, Fevers of the Mind Journal, and Piker Press, among others.

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