Tuesday, 10 June 2025

Handshook

 

All it took was a handshake

to unsettle the masculined gaze


All it took was a kind look

– the warmth of a handshake –

for him to avert his teary eyes


All it took was a “Hello, Jack”

– the second-too-long handshake –

to expose the chink in the armour

to make him chin-on-chest humble


All it took was the simple kindness

– a handshake like an embrace –

of one who fought unseen battles

recognising one fighting another

telling them without stoic prattle:


“Feel no shame, and be brave, brother.”

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