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You were never taught the word help.
It hadn’t been part of your vocabulary like everyone else; so you just sat there, with tears in your eyes, watching them walk by.

Some stopped and asked if you needed that word again – help.
You didn’t know what it meant.
You didn’t know what you needed.
You replied in a whimper – No.

Suns had set and rose and the tears fell like rain into the gutter beside you.
Your skin had become black with dirt.
Your clothes: more holes than material.
And your stomach growled with hunger.

Still you replied - No.

You fell asleep understanding you could no longer stay on the cold broken street.
Yet you didn’t know how to stop the way you lived.
You didn’t know how to turn to the people who walked right passed you and ask them for that word.

When you awoke the next day, you believed you had died.

You were warm in a bed.
New clothes draped your clean, replenished body.
People walked in and out, offering food, water… love.
They spoke words of comfort into your ears as you remained silent beside them, soaking in this new feeling.

They hadn’t asked you if you needed that word - help.
They hadn’t asked you what you wanted them to do.
They simply tried everything they could.
They knew the meaning of the word help,
And they knew you needed it.

Description
You were never taught the word help.
It hadn’t been part of your vocabulary like everyone else; so you just sat there, with tears in your eyes, watching them walk by.

Some stopped and asked if you needed that word again – help.
You didn’t know what it meant.
You didn’t know what you needed.
You replied in a whimper – No.

Suns had set and rose and the tears fell like rain into the gutter beside you.
Your skin had become black with dirt.
Your clothes: more holes than material.
And your stomach growled with hunger.

Still you replied - No.

You fell asleep understanding you could no longer stay on the cold broken street.
Yet you didn’t know how to stop the way you lived.
You didn’t know how to turn to the people who walked right passed you and ask them for that word.

When you awoke the next day, you believed you had died.

You were warm in a bed.
New clothes draped your clean, replenished body.
People walked in and out, offering food, water… love.
They spoke words of comfort into your ears as you remained silent beside them, soaking in this new feeling.

They hadn’t asked you if you needed that word - help.
They hadn’t asked you what you wanted them to do.
They simply tried everything they could.
They knew the meaning of the word help,
And they knew you needed it.