I don’t write poetry much / often these days – who has the time to be brief?! – but I wrote this the other day for someone I love, who happens to be dangerously ill, and who I’m not ready to let go of.
Today
If all you can give me
Is today
Then give me today.
I won’t ask for tomorrow.
If all you can commit to
Is now
Then just give me now
I won’t demand then.
If all you can promise me
Is the night
Then just me the night
I won’t ask for the morning.
When the grief is too much
Let me sit with you
When the fear is too much
Let me hold you
When you’re too overwhelmed
Let me save you
When worry weighs you down
Let me pick you up.
If all you can give me
Is today
Then give me today.
Every day.