Reaching Out

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt
where our inspiration is “need”.
Here’s my cinquain.

Needed
a quiet word,
yet it carries the weight
of belonging, being someone’s
shelter.

To be
the one they seek
when life gets too heavy;
to hold another’s fragile hope
is grace!

Reward
lives not in praise,
but in silent moments
when someone reaches and finds you
still there.

NAR©2026

Nancy’s Notes: The syllables per line for an American Cinquain are 2 – 4 – 6 – 8 – 2.

This is “You Needed Me” by Anne Murray

Cinquain Poetry Prompt 45: NEED is your inspiration.

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