#assistance
I’m watching a movie
But there’s no sound, no light,
Then what could it be that I see?
A hoax? Oh, no.
The screen goes blank and my show cuts out.
I don’t know how
To fix the cables and wires and switches
And my,
Oh my,
It’s broken, I think.
“But I can’t fix it? That can’t be!
I can solve this!” I would say,
But I truly don’t know what I’m looking at.
After too long, an hour or two,
I sigh and get up.
"I’ll just call someone to come over and"
"Help."
Mar 21, 2025
Mar 21, 2025 at 4:47 AM UTC
if you spy an opportunity
to help someone change
for the better
urge them to take it on
and offer assistance where you can
be the positivity you wish to see
but at a certain point
you may have to accept them
for who they are
we are all of us, limited in this condition
Feb 21, 2021
Feb 21, 2021 at 9:29 AM UTC
Walk with me down this path
I'll hold your hand, make sure you won't get lost
Have Faith in me
Listen to my voice, I'll clear the cloud within your mind
Have belief in me
It's rough, you might fall but let me help you up
Rely on me
Every burden, share with me, I'm here
Jun 11, 2020
Jun 11, 2020 at 5:30 AM UTC
When the birds of spring sang with joy
To hail the blowing breeze pampering the face rapidly with moisturizing coy
When rays of the shine stand very kind to make the life neither hot nor too cold
Life rushes through the mobility of less anxiety or creating abundant tumult
Shining novelty on juvenile tress’ robe bestow jubilee to those hurry to work
In confronting the bundle you expect to parole
Life is so lovely what are you feeling for?
- “ seems… GARLIC…?”
The most beautified Criollo … ladies of shadow…listen to spring and smooth song of returning swallows
- “ sounds GARLIC..?”
Sender of magic rockets to Apollo… ladies of shallow… smell of plant mingled with heavenly blossom of sharp blue, it is a time to define the final intentions supposed to follow…
- “ feels GARLIC…?”
Drowsy, numb, with mouths open, shoulders down like zombies out of tomb… who are you? mighty dancers with delicate willow with strong sense of itching on our marrow
- “…ladies of GARLIC…”
Nobody comes, nobody goes, life is so hollow, what it supposed to be full of energy …you You talk a lot…just go!
smell strange not from corpses but from walls, earth, and ceiling… what is it?
- “….life is …GARLIC…”
Apr 15, 2020
Apr 15, 2020 at 5:30 AM UTC
Stop.
Right.
There.
If I’m getting involved,
Give me a reason to care.
I can help with matters
Pertaining to your mind,
But I am not so kind
All of the time.
Feb 24, 2020
Feb 24, 2020 at 7:09 AM UTC
"If, for me, you will enlist,"
Says the Spirit,
"I will assist."
Aug 28, 2019
Aug 28, 2019 at 10:19 AM UTC
were you a bodiless ghost
i could ask of you to haunt me
be with me,
or even blame me.
yet you're now a barely beeping machine
i can only wish you're dreaming peacefully
hopefully—
painlessly...
Apr 21, 2019
Apr 21, 2019 at 10:22 AM UTC
How could one yearn so badly
Yet not strive for said desire ?
My purchases are less of a luxury
But more of a dependency
And my heart is set on a necessity
So, as much as I will cry in wait,
I will need assistance in motivation
Please help me save (for) myself
Aug 15, 2018
Aug 15, 2018 at 5:53 AM UTC
On the bicycle trail, a middle-aged
woman in spandex biking gear
had her bike flipped upside down.
I dismounted next to her.
“You need a hand?”
She kept her eyes fixed
on her bike wheel. “Why do I need
your help?” Her voice was filled
with contempt. “It’s only a flat.”
I didn’t respond.
Pedaling along the river,
I made the decision
to keep offering assistance.
Someday I’d need it.
-Ron Gavalik
Jul 20, 2018
Jul 20, 2018 at 4:46 PM UTC
No one can make it in
this world without
help.
Aug 7, 2017
Aug 7, 2017 at 4:34 AM UTC
Sitting in a darkened bar
Ten dead soldiers in a row
My bladder was now screaming
It's time for you to go
I ordered up another drink
Left my seat, went down the hall
And on my way back to the bar
I saw a number on the wall
Help...it said, is close, close by
It's nearer than you think
Call, the number that you see
Before you order your next drink
I thought, it doesn't make much sense
I've got my life under control
I haven't bottomed out quite yet
I'm only half way down the hole
Four more drinks and then again
I stumbled down the hall
And coming back, I once more read
The notice on the wall
Help...it said, is close, close by
It's nearer than you think
Call, the number that you see
Before you order your next drink
I put a dime into the payphone
I thought I'd give it one good try
Before I hit rock bottom
I'd call them up or else I'd die
A friendly voice responded
"out of service...try again"
I laughed at this short message
Then I tried it once again
I checked the number on the notice
Dialed it, and then I heard
the message "out of service"
I laughed at every word
It seems that "out of service"
Was a title I should hold
After all I was a soldier
Out of work, and drunk, and cold
Those three words, they described me
"Out of service" , right bang on
No one cared that I was falling
Who would notice when I'm gone?
I went back to my barstool
Downed my drink and got one more
I thought, I'd better have another
Before I stumbled out the door
Before I went, I ventured
To the jukebox, checked for change
The sign said "out of service"
I thought that that was strange
Twice now, "out of service"
In a message sent to me
Was I truly worth redemption
A hopeless case for all to see
I figured that tomorrow
If I found I woke up dead
"out of service" were the last words
That were emblazoned in my head
I went back to the barkeep
Ordered one more for the road
Then I downed another soldier
"out of service" number stowed
I'd laugh on this tomorrow
If I made it through this night
I was truly "out of service"
I need help to find the light.
Sep 17, 2016
Sep 17, 2016 at 2:41 PM UTC
I am homeless
I can see
No place to go
or feeling free
On the street
Under the bridge
Next to fire
Starving I cringe
Smell of stench
of tired souls
Stomach turns
Feeling cold
Torn up clothes
with withered hearts
Bend don't break
Not torn apart
Condemned, no fortune
take it all in
Trash can heat
Seeing no end
Oct 30, 2014
Oct 30, 2014 at 1:52 PM UTC