the patient, tender work

what lingers is not the details but the quality of presence the visitor brings, the sense of a thoughtful companion on this journey of becoming. their seeing me feels like an invitation to a different kind of relationship, based on reverence and honoring the mystery of each other's being. even now, feeling into the space forming between us, i find myself softening, opening, drawn to match the depth they bring. there is something sacred in this patient, tender work of weaving a bridge across an ocean of difference.