Young Love

 

they’d get off the bus at the same stop
i’d seen them walk home separately
a dozen times before

each day they’d walk a little closer
several days ago
they began speaking with one another

the other day, i saw them walking
considerably slower
yesterday they were laughing so hard, they cried

today…they held hands for the very first time
so full of life and joy
in witnessing their hope, i found my own