Love Kept

A father jailed for life, A sentence to serve... I should visit him? On my time? Can you believe the nerve? A dingy outcast of a woman, Pushing her home in a cart... If I got involved, She might tear my life apart. A mother with cancer, Wasting away... Nothing I could give, Would change where she lay. With their clothes on their back, Their home destroyed overnight... They will get the help they need, Others have given to their plight. A child out of place, Quivering and wailing in fear... I might be accused of wrong-doing, If I draw too near. A senior with a cane, Struggling with a door... If I intervene, I might need to do more. Another John Doe, No next of kin... His death passes by, Sparking nothing within. An immigrant in the grocery line, With tender five dollars short... She doesn't even understand English, You'd think she'd know how to sort. Love not gifted, Cannot be amassed... Only in parting, Can we enlighten the yoke of the past. While history is set, The future is yet to be presented... Life without love, Can only be prevented. Love often, Love now, In every action, thought, and deed... We cannot find true pleasure, When embraced with our greed. Voiced or unvoiced, felt or unfelt, Heard or unheard, seen or unseen... The gift of love makes a difference, To any and all in-between.