A Hand Through Darkness by Concetta Pipia

A Hand that reaches, through the Dark--
Will light another's Way--
The faintest Touch—a saving Ark--
To guide through Storm and Day--

A Smile can carry—weight untold--
To Hearts that bend and break--
The smallest Grace—so manifold--
The greatest Cures can make--

The Kindness of a gentle Word--
Can halt the Cruelest Tide--
And soften Wounds that, undeterred,
Would crack the Soul inside--

Oh! Let my Hands—though frail they seem--
Lift others from Despair--
For in that Love—I shall redeem--
The burdens others bear--



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CONCETTA PIPIA is a writer and poet. Her work is published in national and international anthologies and literary magazines. Ms. Pipia, born and raised in New York City,  continues to live there enjoying plants and her dogs.