and you feel helpless in the face
of the enormity of problems
you can’t solve, think small.

Put out food for the skittish, skinny
feral cats who sing their hunger
 outside your window at night.

Stroll through your neighborhood,
revel in the scent and beauty 
of gardens, the miracle of butterflies.

Carry books to place in Little Free
Libraries, canned goods to donate
to Little Free Pantries.

Pet every dog you meet, tell each one
they are very good girls, boys. Tell
their walkers their charges are beautiful.

Do good wherever you can. Love
beauty wherever you find it. Maybe 
it won’t save the world. 

Maybe it will.