Poetry Friday
Heartprints
Whatever our hands touch –
We leave fingerprints!
On walls, on furniture
On doorknobs, dishes, books.
There’s no escape.
As we touch we leave our identity.
Wherever I go today
Help me leave heartprints!
Heartprints of compassion
Of understanding and love.
Heartprints of kindness
And genuine concern.
May my heart touch a lonely neighbor
Or a runaway daughter
Or an anxious mother
Or perhaps an aged grandfather.
Send me out today
To leave heartprints.
And if someone should say,
“I felt your touch,”
May they also sense the love
that is deep within my heart.
~Author Unknown~
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Imagine what the world would be like if we lived like this.
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Simply beautiful
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What a great way to start my day reading these words
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I’m heading off to my poetry group this morning with this beautiful picture and words as company.
Thanks Marie – ax
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This is just gorgeous!
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When I read it, I remembered a Princess Di quote, “Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.”
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Very nice poem and sentiments
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A beautiful reminder of the importance of focusing on others and how much me can mean to someone else in need.
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Beautiful words – thanks Marie. It also makes me think of the saying (I can’t remember it exactly) about doing the right thing when no one else is looking.Thanks for this reminder to us all onthe importance of reaching out.
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So glad you enjoyed this poem everyone
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