The One Thing

I can do nothing
To change your situation.
Advice would be futile
And sympathy fall flat.

I am too far from you
To physically alter
Your circumstance.
I am not bright enough
To re-imagine your dynamics.

Though I have given much thought
To things you may have left
Undone
Or discovered creative ways
Out of your difficulty
It seems you have done
Everything possible
To help
Yourself.

I have exhausted
Every referral
And tapped-out
Every resource.
I’ve got
Nothing.

Well…
That’s not entirely true.
I can give you my
Tears.