Another poet always has the answer. Sending out my virtual smile to my virtual but very real friends.
you there of bad cheer
of sourness and scowl
so many of us about
you have huddled and
frequently discussed you
and your sullenness
.
we have all come from
where we’ve come from
in places with varying
degrees of sadness and
hardship and loneliness
.
everyone about you here
deals with life and is
knocked about by the
bastard often and without
regard for our well-being
.
we are aware that you too
must have felt the sting
of life, the sudden and
awful, the cruel twist of
fate’s hand playing against you
.
but be with us, be a
part of us, this humanity
share some warmth of
a word, a look or, though
strained and difficult –
share a smile
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