though you are far from me
in distance & otherwise
i know the care i put into you
might be a balm to you,
not enough perhaps
& even unasked for.
but i pray that the love
i manifest in my every step
toward you across the barriers
will open your eyes to the mirror
sitting in your open hands,
so that you might see what i do;
gaze upon the face that i have loved,
the empathy in the eyes
and the kindness creased in a smile
that too often is swallowed
by despair and salty sadness-
something i too understand, yet
feel differently, in my own way.
you remember, you lifted me
out of the pool i tried to drown in,
my own eyes clouded &
i was choked by my own problems.
i hope that my care will cross
the barriers between us & you
will feel the love i have for you.