Poetry About Connection

Your hand circles the rim of a chipped blue cup. I tell the part I usually leave outside. Traffic passes, bright and unconcerned. You do not solve the ache or turn away. Between us, silence changes into shelter. Connection is the courage to remain.

Evening changes the weight of the scene. Traffic passes, bright and unconcerned. A smaller detail comes forward. Between us, silence changes into shelter. Meaning gathers without raising its voice. Connection is the courage to remain.

Your hand circles the rim of a chipped blue cup. Hours pass, but the image does not leave. Traffic passes, bright and unconcerned. It returns us to attention, friendship, family, touch, conversation, distance, and the ties that make a life. Between us, silence changes into shelter. The day continues with a more attentive heart.