Your Grip Bringing Us to Now

She sat quietly now.
Lyrics background to her thoughts.

Now –
It once seemed so distant

That day in the park
we ran parallel.
The gentle sound
of water meeting the rocks edge
unrecognizable chatter
of those walking by
and your words
confronted by fear,
mine.

I was translucent
to you
and somehow
you held on,
your grip
bringing us to now.