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# Poem: Rare lights
- URL: https://journal.jatan.space/rare-friends/
- Published: 2026-04-12T11:12:13.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-29T10:56:05.000Z
- Author: Jatan
- Tags: Verses

*They care* 
*not because they have to* 
*but because they want to*

*They converse* 
*not to reply* 
*but to listen*

*They mediate* 
*not to tighten their connections* 
*but to save and foster existing ones*

*They employ leverage* 
*not to be blatant* 
*but to be subtly considerate*

*They accept* 
*your shortcomings* 
*with sincerity and sorrow*

*They untangle* 
*knots with patience,* 
*not with invasions*

*These are the rare lights* 
*who make life less lonely* 
*for everyone they know* 
*without knowing it themselves.*

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**Notes:** This poem is for [Day 12](https://www.napowrimo.net/day-twelve-14/) of the [Global Poetry Writing Month](https://www.napowrimo.net/about/). I dedicate it to rare souls spread across the world who radiate the warmth of empathetic human connection and hold its fire in an [ever increasingly distant world](https://journal.jatan.space/what-are-we-doing-in-the-name-of-progress/). Thank you, even if you don’t know it’s you.