Give me an opportunity

“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” Mother Teresa

I don't care if you're strong

or weak

I don't care if you're rich

or poor

Oh yes I don't really care 

and that's for sure

I don't care if you're smart

or gullible

I don't care if you're white

or black

And the truth is everyone's got

something they lack

I don't care who you are

as long as you give me

an oppotunity to help thee

...

Give me the opportuity

to lend my shoulder 

when you cry

Give me the opportunity

to give my love

when you lack

Give me the opportunity

to divide your sorrows 

when you have

Give me the opportunity

to heal your wounds

when you're hurt

'Cause I wanna be your friend

I wanna be there 

always 

for you

I might be a stranger

But I can be a soldier

to you

You perhaps can't read my eyes

When they say they really care 

for you

You think the world is mean?

You think the world is cruel?

I wanna be the first 

to be kind to you

So that I might 

just change your view

For there's God in everyone

dormant in some hearts

until they wake up from their slumber 

for a truly fresh start

And I swear I was one of them too

But here I stand now

at your feet 

for your rescue

Even though I don't know your name

And perhaps you don't know what's mine

As for others & so for you I am the same

For I possess the same heart as thine

And we're all tied together by the one Divine

Author's Note

Thanks to visit.

Reviews

[Dayran]

An expression of giving that transcends any personal sense of one's own self interests....the way motherly love seeks to give to her child and to help the child grow. But where childbirth induces a response from the mother's body, the poem itself may seek a bodily committment for the experience of motherhood.

[Acropolix]

IIf we all shared our strength for one another, the world would be a little better, but we would never have been able to read such a great poem. In which the power of faith far exceeds the disillusion of bias. Nice work!