by Jorge Ortega (courtesy of Jorge), first published on the University of Iowa MOOC, "Whitman's Civil War, Writing and Imaging Loss, Death and Disaster"
https://novoed.com/whitman-2016/oe/#!/users/jorge_ortega_6
Books are like dear friends,
holding your hand
at the worst of times,
when we are alone,
telling us
"The pain you have is nothing
to what we have seen".
