have i given too little?
VerbTribe has been an extraordinary journey for me as a teacher, and for those who have joined it. As we close our first 37-day journey into writing, I am featuring writing from VerbTribe members here on 37days. Writer Billie Stingley offered us this beautiful piece of writing about giving.
Have I Given too Little
have I given too little
have I given too much
how do I know
do they judge my giving
or do they even know that I gave
i gave my time until they thought it was theirs
i gave my tears, did they even see the stains
i gave my heart and suffered the scars
the sleepless nights, the tearing of my soul
i anticipated their needs and jumped ahead
did I meet their needs or only my own perceptions
i so wanted them to bypass the pain
to be blessed by life
and now I find. . . the escape from pain, the finding of themselves, the blessing, was never mine to give.
-Billie Stingley
[photo by Billie Stingley]
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