High as you are is the strength you owe:
the hand that reaches down to lift
those without ladder of connection or
gilded entitlement by low class bereft.
There is no zero-sum gain in charity
for every kind act creates a new seat
at the table, ever enlarging the feast
to give meaning to each selfless feat.
Yule is the season of awareness of love
yet the empowering generosity must
guide us all the year round to claim
the human bond found to each in trust.
