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Change The World?
So many songs
With their lyrics,
Telling me to reach out
And change the world
With my own two hands
Or with a hug given freely
I’m sitting here waiting,
Because I can’t reach that far
A child hides in Darfur
Where prejudice is killing
Hunting innocents
Who will stand for them?
Am I that person?
Who can comfort that child?
Who can prevent that next death?
Who can change the world?
A kind word here doesn’t help
Compared to those harsh words
Spreading like a virus, preventing change
Smothering the hopeful cheers
But if I turn to my neighbor today
And I say a simple “Hello”
Ask them how they are doing?
Can I change their lives?
If they just passed that smile on
To one more person
Who desperately needs it?
Perhaps then we can change the world.
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