"Last year in a room where survivors
were gathered 
I watched one man's obstinate calm
when it was his turn to thank God,
how he kept what was his
his, the lovely discrepancy
between what the world expected
and what he gave.
or perhaps he was just shy, and I made him
into a man I needed just then. Either way,
I was happy
to witness and be part of something
that ever-so-little could rock the heart, 
tip it
toward fullness." 

#loveliness