All to often we give charity as a one way gift when we don't really learn about the connections we could make with other people. Organisations often leave this connection assumed as though we should be scattering largesse on the needy people. We should


Lines of Writing

The teacher holds up the book
We see lines of words
We are too far away to look
At the stories and pictures we heard

We know that we learn about you
And your life as a girl or a boy
We learn about everything new
That is you in the gift of a toy

We are happy to know that you care
About us and the things that we need
So let us learn how to share
Because friendship is sown like a seed

We will send you our laughter
And show where we live
Let joy follow after
Because we too can give

We too have tomorrow
We have troubles and dreams
Not all of our life is in sorrow
It's not all as bad as it seems




Poetry by Adrian Wood
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Written on 2012-02-06 at 14:56

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