"something"
“I am only one, but I am one,”
part of a quote from works of Edward Everett Hale.
He goes on to say that as one he cannot do everything
but as one he can do something.
He then went ahead and wrote “The Man Without a Country”,
and other memorable works.
As a writer and poet I cannot say everything
but I can say something.
I may not be remembered by everyone,
but if I am remembered somewhere by someone, it is something.
A friend of mine visiting another friend I do not know,
( she lives in another state where I have never been.)
noticed a poem attached to her refrigerator with magnets.
She was surprised to see that I was the author.
Her friend could not remember where she had found it.
However, it had touched her enough that she saved it
and placed it where she could read it again.
I was surprised and honored.
I had actually said something that had some meaning
to someone, at least momentarily.
For me, that’s truly something!
Written for "Your Free Verse Precept" contest sponsored by John Freemn 3rd place
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