'a part of me wants to walk away
accept reality for what it is
but another part of me
a stupid fucking part of me
wants you still

it’s like touching the sun
you know you won’t reach
but you want to try anyway

and even if you could
it would burn you all the same'

The Absent Touch is Josh Davies' first poetry collection, focussed on the idea of absence, of losing or missing something, and being unsure of how to replace it. It is dedicated to the times where he could have tried harder, or in trying to hard, pushed someone away.