Hand-in-Hand

the sight

of couples

walking away

hand-in-hand

tugs the heart string connected to the finger

that snaps the camera shutter

the trust

that leads those who love

to grasp a hand and walk,

just walk,

anywhere, as long as

the one knows the other is alongside

by the warmth of that clasped hand–

maybe that trust inspires the

desire to memorialize those who love

and walk away together.

Maybe the desire

was born long ago,

when a tender

grandpa took the hands of two precious little boys

who trusted the man

who trusted God

to take his hand

and walk anywhere