I Will Bring My Sorrows Down

Until joy fills the pit that sorrow has dug

Image by 철민 박 from Pixabay

My heart is broken
into a thousand tiny pieces
shattered by the crushing load
that I see others carry.

I want to help
make it better
make it all go away
but sometimes I can’t
fix it or make a difference.

How can I be happy
when loved ones are hurting?
How can the bird of joy
sing in my heart
when so many suffer around me?

If I turn my…