Offering Space at the Gate

Bodies pressed toward the gate like a sentence with no commas.

Spike stepped half a pace back and made a comma with his body.

Suzy mirrored soft eye and left a gap for the nervous ones to use.

Space is a gift you can give without saying a speech.

Adventure Cap wanted to shove through first. Care said wait is also a job.

Thinking Cap habit: notice tightness, then open room. Cap does not widen gates by magic.

A shy sheep took the gap and the queue softened like dough.

Little Thunder kept mahogany dignity without claiming the whole lane.

Kids: in a doorway, step aside once so someone smaller can pass.

Care is room. Lead is the soft step that makes it.

Tools remind. You still move your feet.

Gap given. Breath returned. Kind gate.

Offer space. Soft queue.