As You Have Done for Me - Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

[Larry Robinson]

As You Have Done for Me


There is treasure in you.
	Joi Sharp



If you were here

I would put my hand

on your heart 

and hold it there

until our breaths

became a single tide,

hold it there until

I could feel the moment

when you remember

your infinite value.

It¹s so easy to forget

we are treasure. 

So easy to lose track

of our own immeasurable worth.

The chest rusts shut.

We think we are empty.

Amazing how easily

we are fooled into believe

we¹re paupers.  

Sometimes it takes another

to remind us 

we have always been

not only the treasure

but also the key.

Though the hinges

are a metaphor, 

the treasure is not.

We were made to open,

to share our priceless gift,

to press our hands

to each other¹s hearts

until we all remember.


	- Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

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