to all those i love,
i cannot give any more of me.
i have none left
for myself.
my time is consumed by work
and worrying
of other people's pain
i may have lost
my own capacity to feel.
because when i do feel
i am unable to contain it
and the love pours
when i give it all
till it is insane.
i may have hit bottom.
so i think i should keep
the last tiny itty-bitty morsel
for myself.
i will have some more maybe
for next year.