Can I touch your shoulder?
Show you that I care?
Our little lives brush
So closely by one another - 
Our heartbreaks pass so near
They can hear each other breathe
But they do not speak
Except in tears
Or tired faces
Held up by a desire 
To manage somehow
And not be a burden

But you are not a burden
Let me walk beside you
Fellow traveller
And carry your load awhile