Leave a little light
at the far edge of a conversation.
There need not be an answer to everything;
let there be a place to sit together.
Do not measure the quiet person
by silence alone.
So many roads within a chest
never appear on any map.
If you cannot do something grand today,
hold a door a moment longer.
Bring water to a tired hand.
Remember someone’s name.
The world does not change in a day,
and no day belongs to one person.
Small acts of care, gathered together,
make a morning we can return to.
Leave a little light
beside your own mistakes as well.
Someone who learns to ask forgiveness
can learn to start again.
