* * *
For the water that runs with blood and tears
Does nothing more than mask their hopes with fears
So unless you reach down
Hope is gone and hearts still drown
* * *
But behind the nervous eyes and distant stares
Lies the need for one who simply cares
So unless you step out onto the shore
The page continues to turn with promise of war
* * *
With those in rank of such young age
Makes you think their souls are locked in a cage
So unless you step into the room
Skies bring signs of inevitable doom
* * *
In this place where disease runs wild
There’s no place to escape the cries of a starving child
So unless you step out of your cave
To hunger they all remain a slave
* * *
Many nights they sat and cried
For hopes and dreams all but denied
So unless you reach in
Opportunity continues to lie in a bin
* * *
For what is broken and torn
Does nothing more than make them wish they were never born
So unless you come and live
The promise of peace has nothing to give
* * *
Those that live in slums
Have been given the name of helpless bums
So unless you come and stay
Poverty remains and souls still stray
* * *
So in this place called home they remain
With hopes for less of the same
So now you’ve come, and there you stood
For God is here and God is good
