vulnerary

i licked my wounds
and hoped they'd heal
but tended them no further
they festered until you
my vulnerary remedy,
peeled and cut
cleaned and calmed
dressed my hurts
and made me
me again
whole again
and you, dear friend
have other journeys to make
our paths diverge
yet take a token
a souvenir
to remind you
on your worser days
in times when you
your own worth may forget
that one, at least, will be
forevermore and always
better because you she met