Duet !
Gathering of Strangers — An Embrace in the Old-New Land
On this unfamiliar soil, beneath sterile lights and a heavy hush,
two adults embrace.
Their suits set them apart, yet cannot dim the gesture.
Perhaps they are fathers — or simply souls who’ve come to understand
that beyond all borders, closeness remains the only remedy for estrangement.
Their child runs joyfully toward another —
perhaps born here, in this old-new land,
or arrived just a little earlier.
A friend from a former world,
a quiet sign that strangeness can melt.
What does it mean to be welcome?
Sometimes, perhaps, it takes no more than a smile, an embrace,
or the eager footsteps of a child reaching out to the other.
Gathering of Strangers — An Embrace in the Old-New Land
On this unfamiliar soil, beneath sterile lights and a heavy hush,
two adults embrace.
Their suits set them apart, yet cannot dim the gesture.
Perhaps they are fathers — or simply souls who’ve come to understand
that beyond all borders, closeness remains the only remedy for estrangement.
Their child runs joyfully toward another —
perhaps born here, in this old-new land,
or arrived just a little earlier.
A friend from a former world,
a quiet sign that strangeness can melt.
What does it mean to be welcome?
Sometimes, perhaps, it takes no more than a smile, an embrace,
or the eager footsteps of a child reaching out to the other.