The least

Why do I work in a profession
Where my clients need to be babied?
Because years ago some one fell
Through my hands when I did not pay heed.

Healing myself by weaning others:
Teaching them independence soothes me.
Can't bring her back - don't even try;
Learning from mistakes creates duty.

There's no saving the world, not for me,
I do not carry freedom's beacons;
But helping downtrodden victims
Stand straighter, stronger, quiets demons.

LMC 26 May 2010