A Helping Hand

A Helping Hand Easy to receive, hard to give is how we are Everybody looking for things to fill where you are Not caring for others, we want to reach up there To get everything and bring it near Not remembering others with nothing out there That poor kid you help, nature rewards you later Useless, worthless, sick and dirty they may look With their dream for good life hanging on a hook In hopeless, insecure and dangerous environs they have lived Food, shelter, clothing and education they have lacked On strangers, unknown, fortune and fate they have relied That poor kid you help, nature rewards you later Looking at us they are, waiting for us to offer a helping hand Even a piece of cake or cheap cloth they haven’t refused No one may see you, but you won’t go unrewarded Any help you offer willingly won’t go unnoticed Nature will see and your needs will be fulfilled That poor kid you help, nature rewards you later Giving a little won’t affect your monthly bill Not only their lives you will help, but even their souls you will heal Let’s join hands to help them ascend this life hill Reward you may not get, but surely your descendants will If we do so, a great life we will make for real That poor kid you help, nature rewards you later (By Waweru Ngugi)