Everyone is speechless

No one said a word. The five men all stared at Olivia, occasionally glancing at one another. Finally, Olivia broke the silence.

"It was such a beautiful poem. I just thought that Henry shared something truly vulnerable, real, and moving. I wanted to give something back to him." She smiled at Henry.

"Couldn't you have just given him some dinner?" said Ben. Everyone chuckled a little, and then grew into a full laugh.

Olivia, also laughing, added, "you're right. That might have been a more logical choice." Olivia heard a sound, and checked her watch. "You all wait here. I think I just heard the doorbell. Be right back."

She felt a warmth through her body. That poem was a different kind of open sharing than her house typically experienced, but it gave her such an electric charge through her soul. She was so grateful to have received it.