Power

power given is power gained
the giver gains
the gainer gives

power driven into form is pain
the painful drives
the driver in pain

energy over time
in lost time,
the thousand visions
and revisions
that a moment can reverse

but the time for the powerful to envision
is now
the visionaries empowered
with energy somehow
act in concert
with the powerful to
gain anew insight and hope
for those inert and soured


energy in time
in time to save
the dying aunt
the frightened niece
the sister in denial
presence
sweet presence
is energy standing still

Can presence carry power
in time for those moments
when the disconnected glimpse
a little hope
peering into the emptiness of their pain?

Can power in presence
carry into those moments
we re-member (once more),
the comfort
of connectedness?