touched by tenderness

You soul touched mine in tenderness

It was a sweet moment

Two fragile hearts, sharing these precious

Moments of emotional truth

It meant a lot to hear you say

How you try to pretend every day

That the pain of losing her is not

Still raw

And I could understand why

You feel the need to keep it silent

Tears began to fall for me then

Partly it was your kindness

But partly too a recognition of how

So easily

My past trauma could have closed the door

On care

Thank God it did not

My friend

Thank God he gave us this

New and slowly growing connection

In which we could begin to experience

Tenderness