Feed The Poor

for the people’s tears

for the poor

for the pagan babies

I am sorry and erratic

distillation of alchemy  

overrides the desire

I am confounded

by others’ needs 

on a mission to console, 

to offer damage control

am both seeker and healer

chutzpah with weak knees 

and a lazy heart 

at this late date in history

my assignment arrives

with a vengeance 

the struggle ensues

born with a vision 

raised on holistic beliefs 

combined with exhaustion.

unsustainable, flailing