Do you find the poem sad or uplifting?

Thank Dog for altruism, in all its convoluted forms.

The helper

Sit
I'll listen
Pointedly
Pointingly
No trace
Of malice
For my own
Deception
At the scale
Of your pain
Compared
And mine
Convoluted
Mooted
Muted
Forever
Snagged
Forever
Gagged