Ever had that happen,

when life delivers a signal,

but its presence

is subtle,

like asking for the car

with the keys already in hand.

Remember being a teenager,

and waiting for people to ask

“What’s wrong?”

“Are you ok?”

and the answer was often meant

to blow off the attention.

Sometimes we want to sit

with our affect

and be left alone.

Oh but there are those moments,

when the people we love

know something is amiss,

know that life is filled

with an obvious turmoil,

and helping out seems so

obscure to living out our

own pain.

Stop and think about it,

if you’re hurting,

reach out,

the right people will respond,

they always will …

always will.