Healing

Poems cannot make a person heal;
Like honor, they've no skill in surgery.
But we have proof that they can make them feel,
And so I still attempt this hopefully:
I really wish that I could make you be
More comfortable, and so reduce your pain;
I wish there were an opportunity
To make your aches and bruises simply drain
Away. But it is better to be plain:
To heal takes time, for body and for brain,
And so we must be calm and persevere.
That does not mean we cannot hope to gain
Relief from pain, but rather, that we steer
By longer landmarks than the now. I hope
For healing over time, and that you cope.