Free Verse · Hope
Until You're Well
While you mend,
the world has agreed to wait —
the jokes will keep,
the chairs will save your place,
and whatever the calendar claims,
nothing important is happening
anywhere
until you're well.
Original poem © QuillOak — free for personal use.
“Until You're Well” by The QuillOak Editors — quilloak.com/poems/until-youre-well
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