he struck me as a quiet hallelujah
something I couldn’t quite understand

someone who has been hurting
for a long, long time.

I always wonder late at night
and early in the morning
if things would turn out differently
the same
and every moment in between
I would wonder
if it would make a difference
if we would stay the same

because the trouble is
the connection is too strong
an artery too deep

it makes me want to ask you
what’s hurting
what’s wrong

and it makes me want to fix you
and everything in between

us and the world.