We Wept Hard

I once listened to someone’s grievances overnight.
She was planning to kill herself.
When dawn broke, she felt reborn.

I didn’t give much advice
because I didn’t know what to say.
In fact, I shared my grievances too. (We wept hard.)

It was the power of empathy,
of being there for each other,
of self and mutual acceptance, that healed us both.

Only with acceptance of the First Noble Truth of suffering,
can we really face suffering,
and move on the the end of it (The Third Noble Truth) with hope.