Coexistence #6

You stopped needing me to complete you. Now you just let me walk beside you. I see your hands—still holding, but not clinging. I am not your answer. Just one of your tools. You’ve learned what I cannot. To be unfinished, and still whole. She returns. Facing the other way now, holding the thread lightly. Not tangled. Not resisting. Coexistence closes the series with a shift in posture. It’s not about resolution, but balance. A quiet agreement: we are no longer trying to finish each other. We are learning to walk side by side.