To nurture hope

Please tell me the best way

To be with this

Let me surrender you to your journey

Knowing full well the limits of my capacity to care

But help me to keep my heart open too

As much as I can

When we are together

I feel the shifting sands beneath us

As the bottom drops out

I sense your helplessness

And understand how very young you feel

And everything that is in me

Wants to rescue you

I wish there was a way to give you life and air

But I know that is not my task

I can only love

And at times that capacity becomes limited too

Maybe due to fear?

And so at times I founder here

On this precipice

But the truth is maybe you will come back again

I just don’t know

I have told you I love you

And how much I care

I have told you I am here for you

But now it seems there is little more than I can do

But hold the light here

Draw as close as I can to comfort

And despite the lure of despair

Try the very best I can

With everything that is in me

To nurture hope