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I would stand on the shoulders of giants 

but I suffer from vertigo 

I would walk in another’s footsteps 

but it would be too far to go 

I would pick up the cross and carry it 

but the splinters hurt my hands 

I would walk the extra mile for you 

but I have more important plans 

I'm so sorry I can’t help you 

but I’m unlikely to be free 

I’m very much constrained 

by my availability 

I know you’d love my company 

but I really don’t have time 

to remember how you pulled me 

from the wreckage of my mind 

Steve Wheeler © 21 March, 2021

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