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)
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