Friday of Week 29 in Ordinary Time

Do you think that I have come to bring peace on earth.
No, I tell you, but rather division.
Wrath no, I believe, I think mirth.
Worship and respect yes, rather than derision.

I was trying to wipe water from a bench.
I was doing so pathetically with my sleeve.
A stranger , clearly an immigrant.
Bent down towards the bench.
And helped me in an instant.

Without a word he gave me some Kleenex.
Smiled and just walked on.
Help rising like a phoenix.
And he was gone.