Human Bridges.

Now his heart beats with a different song.

He knows connection makes the broken strong.

I remember telling this fragile soul

to cherish the one thing that keeps us whole.

I begged him to value what truly sustains,

but he never granted audience.

His silence echoed through my veins.

Life in his little cubicle seemed enough.

He hid there, smiling through moments rough.

An island in a desert he quietly made,

a lonely wanderer living in fading shade.

He carried baggage no words could explain,

the kind that bends shoulders

and sinks a heart in pain.

With every step, his strength slipped away,

yet he kept insisting,

“Relationships ain’t my thing.

Life is every man for himself.

Guard your soul and guard your shelf.”

His voice trembled with a confidence

he never truly felt.

Fear was the armour in which he dwelt.

He refused the lifeline I stretched with care.

He pushed away comfort, warmth, and prayer.

He could have had shelter on stormy nights,

arms that shield and heart that lights.

Yet he wandered alone.

Craving a fellow man.

Needing a touch of companionship,

but unable to open his span.

His Master whispered warnings soft and kind,

but he locked every door,

closed every window,

shut out every design.

Without these bonds he could not rise.

His dreams fell still before his eyes.

He made other things his top pursuit

and paid the price in silent dispute.

But life has a way of teaching truth

even to the strongest heart aloof.

Pain became his tutor.

Loneliness became his guide.

And from experience he finally learned

what pride tried so long to hide.

Now his heart beats with a different song.

He knows connection makes the broken strong.

He has become a voice for love’s embrace,

an advocate for bonds we dare not replace.

He teaches that relationships

are gifts wrapped in human form.

They pull us from darkness

and carry us through storm.

Building bonds with fellow men

should be our highest call again.

Help from above will reach your hand

but often through the touch

of another human’s strand.

So build with tenderness.

Value with grace.

For relationships soften life’s hardest place.

—Adetutu Oluwapelumi Deuel.