By Dede. H.

It’s a small way to say thank you
It’s a tiny way to help others 
It’s often not thanked or noticed
It’s something I too can do 
Even when I don’t feel like it 
Act myself into a better way 
Of thinking, of being, of not sinking
So low I don’t know what to say
I need to be more active do less
Thinking and drinking and thinking
It was a bad way of living 
Sometimes it felt like death 
I was broadsided by life
Completely out of breath
Now you’ve quietly helped me 
I can help you too