I can help you, I said,
and I knew this was true
though I had no thoughts prepared
(or maybe for that reason)

I can help you because,
obviously, I’m here,
and nothing’s ever put here to be helpless

Therefore I’ll find the way
my hope can reach you,
and what I’ve proved for me
will have a place for you

And the fact of reaching you
will bring elation,
enough to nourish me
just as it always does.

©Wendy Mulhern
January 12, 2021