Writing Prompts
The Quiet Ones
Service is not always
a uniform,
a counter,
a name badge
or a carefully rehearsed smile.
Sometimes service is coffee
placed beside tired hands
without being asked.
It is a door held open,
a meal quietly made,
a lift offered home,
a message that simply says,
I’m here.
It is waking before dawn
because someone needs you,
changing plans,
carrying bags,
waiting in corridors,
and learning that love
has its own timetable.
Some acts of service
come with medals.
Others come with
no applause at all.
Perhaps those are the ones
we should notice most—
the ordinary hands
doing extraordinary things
simply because
someone needs them.
💜
For Esther Chilton’s Writing Prompt — , 23 September 2026.
With love, coffee, poetry, and stardust,
— Maggie The Afterlove Voice 💫
My new song “Silenced-but-not-broken ” is out on all streaming platforms.
https://ditto.fm/silenced-but-not-broken
If you want a reading, send me an email:
Leave a comment