Open Link Monday: together, we

I might be one of the last to respond today to Kerry's deputy, Fireblossom, at the writers' group Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, but there's an old saying about that, if only I can remember what it is.
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It's Open Link Monday once again, rolling back around in that way Mondays have, when we least expect them. 
There have been some wonderful poems posted today, and I've enjoyed them, but I haven't even gleaned the inkling of an idea from any of them—which is good, because there's a word for that, too.
I would, however, like to avail myself of one of the photos Fireblossom posted, and use it to accompany my submission for the day. I know she didn't personally take this photo, because she's much younger than Charlie Chaplin.
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fear has come to you

and it is new

to you

but not to me—

let me help

let me care

let me

be there

for you.

if changes come

(and come they may)

we don’t

have to

rue the day.

together, we

can do

what one alone

cannot.