if you have people in your life

who cheer you on and believe

in you to grow and do greater

things and to be better as well,

you are fortunate.

 

do not take them for granted.

 

foster these relationships

worth a king’s ransom

for they are the balm of

the soul weary and the

inspiration to get up

and try again.

 

and if you are one of these

people to me, i cannot express

how much even your cup of

cool water has nourished

and given me strength

and allowed me to

 

believe that i am not wasting

my time as i grow and try to do

better and be better and to

encourage those around me

as well.

 

and anything that i bring to

this table in the feast of life,

could not and would not

have been prepared

 

without people

like you.

 

©Heather Pound 2023

photo by Cathi Geisler