Hugs

I realized the reason that hugs are so nice.
The reason that when all else has failed you, a hug can do just fine.
I realized why hugs can solve issues that money or sex or a cigarette can't solve.
Because when we were little, we didn't solve our problems with money and sex and cigarettes.
When we were little, we wanted to be held when we were crying.
Rocked back and forth until the hic-hic-hiccuping slowed.
We wanted the warmth, the comfort, the safety of a simple embrace.
We wanted to lose ourselves, not in anything we needed to consume.
A bottle of warm milk didn't always do.
Instead we wanted a simple hug.
Just a hug.

I think hugs could save the world.