.
There is no hope
beyond
the tips of our fingers.
No help
coming from the stars.
No unseen force,
or super power;
the only hope we have
in this world,
is ours.
We pray for help,
and the answer we receive
is other humans.
We cry for comfort
and a shoulder appears.
We ask for great things to be done,
and here comes
another one,
and another one,
until the task’s completed.
Together,
there is nothing
we can’t do,
if we but keep
a forward guiding light.
I don’t pretend
to understand
the secrets of the universe,
but I have learned
how to fight.
Learn how to love,
and trust,
and lean on others,
and be someone to lean on
in their time.
To help build,
and grow with other people in mind.
The circle comes around.
The cycle lives a life.
When we pray,
God sends us angels,
we never see their wings.
But there are enough of us
that we can do anything.
Reach out and touch the hand
of a neighbor,
a stranger.
They might be an angel;
an answer to a prayer.
HG – 2022
