Intervention

Love may be
the ultimate
anti-depressant.

I’m not talking
about filling
a prescription for
hearts and flowers
or a gemstone.

I’m thinking of
remembering
a time when,
for a moment,
you considered
writing “Finis”
across your
manuscript,
if you get
my drift.

But someone’s
artful intervention,
probably by
benevolent
unintention,

sent you back
to the page,
so to speak,
with a small
smile and
a dose of
ideas for a
few more
paragraphs.

Here’s where
the anti-depressant
kicks in:

Consider writing
your paragraphs,
if you know
what I mean,
as another’s
artful intervention.

(Photo by Gianfranco Grenar; Unsplash)