No one can really know how sad or happy you are. Prov.14:10.

Discernment

Mingling with Your people
how often I’ve not spoken
a word of wisdom, failed
to sense a silent cry
behind a smiling face.
Or times I’ve had a lot to say
when I had fitter lent
a listening ear.

Lord, lead me to Your ‘walking wounded’
that I might be to them
in some small measure
what You have been to me.