BE CAREFUL

So he said to me “Take care.”
And I said “You take care too.”
And I thought, what does it mean -
to take care
where am I taking care and why
and what is care.
If I take care and you take care
and everyone takes care
is care everywhere all at once
is it like God’s supposed to be
all around each one us, all at the same time
or only if we take it with us.
And if I do take care
then what’s care doing -
walking beside me
the footprints in the sand I discover later.
Will care carry me
when I can’t carry myself anymore.
And what is care -
is it an invisible force
does it have powers of its own
does it exist outside of me.
And if I don’t take it
will someone else
and if not, then where will it go.
Or is care something you do -
I care, do you care
does anyone care.
I think I’m too tired to take care
someone else should take it.
Take care of it, will you.