I will never know
Their religions
Their politics
Their faults
Their selfishness
Their failings
Their regrets
Their ugliness

I only know
Their competence
Their faithfulness
Their skill
Their compassion
Their close attention to my body
Their matter-of-fact wiping of my dirty bum
Their constancy

They needed no praise from me
They needed no words at all
Other than answers to necessary questions

In my exhausted silence
They formed a celestial system
Gently, faithfully orbiting around me.