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Yes, I am ready and here it is.

So what do you think of it?

Is it informative, entertaining, helpful?

If it is any of these then I am grateful.

Yes, I am ready and here it is—
a small spark offered to the page,
like a hand held out in quiet trust.

So what do you think of it?
Does it carry any weight at all,
or just the soft sound of trying?

Is it informative—like a lamp in fog?
Or entertaining—like rain tapping glass?
Or helpful—like a map folded open
on a road you didn’t expect to take?

Maybe it is none of these,
or maybe it is all three
in the modest way a simple voice
tries to be of use in the world.

And if it is any of these,
even just a little,
then I am grateful—
not loudly, not grandly,
but in the quiet way words
settle when they are received.