Floated Down The River

I don’t
Speak words
Of comfort quickly

My thoughts
Need time
To form
 
More content
To create words
On paper
 
To be floated
Down the river
 
And eventually
Catch the wind
 
That blows them
Into the lives
 
Of those
They are truly
Meant for

Offer

When tears
Flow

When hearts
Hurt

When bitter life
Comes round

Touching
Those

I love

I can offer
To catch
Some tears
 
Can offer
Somehow
Humor

Can give
The soft presence
Of companionship

To sit
Respectfully
Alongside pain

Without pretending
To take
Its place