I want to be a supplement of other lives; A smaller or a larger angle as they need; To fill the given space and make their day complete; To sing if singing helps; to be the silent one If others want to sing; to talk if that is best; To wait and listen if another needs to tell His burden or his joy; to work if I should work, But not to take the task from someone's weaker hands And let him know the crushing pangs of uselessness; To sympathize if that will cover loneliness; To ask for sympathy if giving gives him strength; To help complete the day—a needed supplement. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CONTRA MORTEM: THE BEING AS MOMENT by HAYDEN CARRUTH A POEM FROM BOULDER RIDGE by JAMES GALVIN MODULATIONS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON HOW THE GREAT GUEST CAME by EDWIN MARKHAM DOMESDAY BOOK: GOTTLIEB GERALD by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |