Morning greetings

 

Today, as I biked away from my building's backyard 

I was caught off guard

by the smile

that I was given as a present

perfect

and strong

woman holding her husband's arm, carrying his weight

and faith in a better next step by step 

kept a cane in his hand, blind to the world

curled into himself in the empty space of the morning

mourning a future, as I passed by

their side

I tried

to say

"Good day"

but I only got to smile

as the words stayed 

afraid

trapped in my chest

empty of treasures.