Heal The People
Heal The People
Every time you open your door to them
ask what they need, not who they are,
enter the voids in their eyes. And if
they beg you to lay hands on them, do,
because that will not be all; be disappointed
in you as you are with death. If from the crowd
a voice shouts ‘Let them die!’, let them in.
Watch to see how they feel, don’t tell them
why you will lay hands on them
to allay their pain, don’t leave them sobbing
at your door, nor run out of reasons
to help them; your hands are the people’s,
to uplift and heal; put back what was taken
from their will to be alive. It doesn’t get
easier, it’s hard, but you will have to do it.
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