Another Poem

Can I Pray for a Stranger

Can I pray for a stranger?
Across the carriage
with no sobs
pain appearing only in her eyes
slowly it escapes
to be dabbed away with a tissue.

Can I pray for a stranger?
So young and yet so hurt
so I pray
and poetry leaks into my mind.

Can I pray for a stranger?
no words
minimal looks
there's nothing I can do for her.

So I pray for a stranger
the train slows down for a stop
a young man walks in
enfolding her in his arms.

I should pray for the stranger
with problems not for me to solve
a reminder I am not the world's saviour
the puppet recognising the puppeteer.