enough

I try

and

you try

to conjure up light

and love

and hope

and share

it with

one another

but

sometimes

the light goes away

or fades

or dims

 we scratch

and scramble 

and claw to hang on

to just enough for ourselves

to keep us alive

not enough to share

and it's dark 

it's empty

it's lonely and cold

and I have been here 

and you have been here

and I'm telling you now

when we have nothing to give

or enough 

to give 

please 

don't stay quiet