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Come Seek Me

A while back, I posted a story that was inspired by a piece of paper I’d encountered in a returned book at the library. Last week, I found a similarly inspiring note scribbled on a scrap of paper at my bookstore. This one has spawned a short poem rather than a short story, but nonetheless, I wanted to share it with you.

“Come Seek Me”

Come seek me where I shiver and hide.
Find me through shadow and sorrow.
Take my hand and lead me from the dark,
That together we might seek tomorrow.

Come seek me where I shiver and hide.
Bring close the lantern that I might see.
Call my name and let me hear your voice,
So that together we might always be.

(Note: The first line of the stanzas was what I found written on the paper)

Rescue

What do you do
When someone you love
Tells you that you
Saved their life?

How do you feel
When you realize that
You didn’t know that
They needed help?

Where do you turn
When you believe that
You have reached the
End of everything?

Do you worry that
You might have to
Come to the rescue
One more time?

Or do you simply
Face each new day
With utmost hope for
Those you love?

I go to sleep
Each night with my
Phone on and by
My pillow, close.

So that the ones
I love might sleep
And know that I
Will always answer.