There you were

Alone and drenched

Just like me

On the park bench

Your hands cold

Shivering white

Pale as ghost

Yet blue as night

You seemed to be

Disassociating

Out of your mind

Succumbed to waiting

I grasped your hand

Head snapped up in surprise

I slid closer

To your hood-shaded eyes

You seemed hesitant

I didn’t think it possible

The shivering stopped

You froze with my close proximal

Chilled past shivering

By me, the encroaching stranger

Didn’t stop to think

You’d interpret this as danger

“I’m sorry,” I whispered

My vocal chords were steeped in winter’s tea

Voice raspy from unuse

“I noticed you in the elements, see?”

I moved my umbrella

So it would cover the both of our heads

You lost faith in kindness

But I helped you instead