A second poem with the title the same as a Leonard Cohen poem:
If I Could Help You
If I could help you
I would learn to say no
I would wait for you to ask
If I could help you
I would ease your suffering
but only if you told me
'I'm ready to feel better'
If I could help you
I would share my story
so you knew you were not alone
If I could help you
I would allow you to fall
ready to give you a hand up
when you sensed it was time to stand
If I could help you
I would make you tea and toast
if tea and toast was medicine enough
If I could help you
I would listen to your story
to learn where the pain had injured your soul
to learn where your faith and strength was hidden
If I could help you
I would.
“People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed,
revived, reclaimed, and redeemed. Never throw out anyone.”
~ Audrey Hepburn
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