To comfort
              to hold out arms         without question

offer a place to nest         rest a
muzzy head.
Light touch with tender fingertips         ten--- ten---tent-a-tive-ly
                                                                                                    quest 
                                           and    if 
                                        the other does not     

    object
then lay warm palms on back
                                                small wings
that feather shoulder blades.

Close
          eyes
count heartbeats and         wait         for sighed         sur--rend--er rendered
to the gentlest         of ex--hal--a--tions
        -    -    -    -   -
there
        there
there - pieta down to genuflecting kiss
                                                             crown
                                                of head.        
Tell        me.
Tell me        .
what will make you         feel better         what
        can I

what         would I         
                               not do
to comfort
          you?

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