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Tuesday 10 May 2016

#PayItForward

So let's pay it forward so that others can eat 
So let's pay it forward just by moving our feet 
Let's take part in a marathon, a sponsored hike
Let us climb Ben Nevis or wherever you'd like 

When you buy coffee, pay for another in lieu 
That way someone less-fortunate will have one too 
Just by letting a mother and toddler jump queue
You may gift her an hour's sleep, when there's been too few

So let's pay it forward so that children can learn 
So let's pay it forward so they're able to earn 
Let's bake a cake for a coffee morning or fair 
Let's get a new summer look and donate our hair

As it can be that simple to help change a life
Of someone who's struggling amidst life's taxing strife
Easy to be apathetic when wealth is rife 
But imagine suffering... your children, your wife

So let's pay it forward and show others we care 
So let's pay it forward with our blessings let's share 
Let's hold open the door, for those whom are in pain 
Let's deem capabilities... we're not all the same

When we have some loose change, let's give it a good cause
Donate toys, clothes; become an all year Santa Claus 
When we sieve our perceptions through judgemental gauze 
We isolate the vulnerable, pass fascist laws
So let's pay it forward, enhance the human race
So let's pay it forward, let's light up someone's  face
So let's pay it forward, let's acknowledge the need 
So let's pay it forward let's not wallow in greed! 

© Debbie Razey 2016 both poem and image