Saturday, May 10, 2025

The Work of Care

 

I’m not sure I can help

but my heart wants to try.

Oh, I can shop for you or

bring you dinner.

I can even help you up

should you fall.

But when the hunger is

inside, when the break is

where no one can see,

then all we can do is be

a greenhouse for each other.

--Mark Nepo



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