Life’s journey continues,
never in the same place.
Always, it is in the unexpected
the sudden joy of meeting someone
that turns the world anew.
You catch me off guard,
I suddenly hesitate
wondering why caution should stand
between two hearts.
You deserve more than distance,
more than my quiet restraint.
I recall the unspoken rules
what to reveal, what to conceal,
the delicate art of restraint.
Yet I know, within me,
that such rules were never mine to follow.
Who made them, and for what?
Why not listen instead?
to the courage that stirs within
the voice that whispers:
be yourself,
be honest,
let someone see you
as you truly are.
What is the gain in pretense
compared to the beauty found
in a single, open moment of truth?
It is the surrender of conformity,
the soft defiance of being real,
that allows me to reach for you
to touch the honesty
of what you are,
and what might become
In that instant,
faith replaces fear.
And I understand
the quiet significance
growing beyond doubt,
of finding someone
and simply reaching out,
in a moment of truth.
