When Someone You Love Falls Poem by Savva Emanon

Love cannot protect someone
from every storm.

You cannot catch every tear
before it falls,
prevent every heartbreak,
or stand between them
and every disappointment.

That is not love.

Love is creating a place
where someone can be entirely themselves,
where they can stumble,
make mistakes, change their mind,
even disagree with you,
and never fear
that your love will disappear.

You do not have to rescue them.
Sometimes the greatest tenderness
is simply staying near.

A hand without judgement.
A heart without conditions.
A presence that quietly says,
You are still loved here.

Because loving someone
is not making certain
they never fall.

It is making certain
that when they do,
they never have to wonder
whether they must rise
alone.