Encouragement

There is a room inside my heart
Dark
No windows
A small light above
A little door that lets me in and out.

I sit alone there
in the darkness
without sound
listening.

I venture out the door
to give
to serve
to meet needs of others.

I have been told
that I have
the gift
of encouragement.
of lifting up the fallen.
of bolstering a sagging spirit.
of taking a hand and holding it.

It is more blessed to give
than to receive.

I sit in my silent room
and I wait
for a gift
that never comes.

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