CASUAL

I was feeling sad and I was feeling strange, and I met my friend by Union Square and she did the most wonderful thing. She had a roll, it was hers to eat, and even though she was feeling hungry, she saw me feeling sad and strange and so she did the most simple, silent, human thing: she broke the roll in half and shared it with me. "Here, eat this," she said, so I did. I wasn't hungry, she was hungry, but she fed me anyway. I had forgotten what it meant to be beautiful and safe and she reminded me.