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Here is the song this is a parody too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMBXewUc8zM

How Bad Can It Be

This is a parody of the old Christian song "How Long Has it Been?"  

How bad can it be when you give of yourself
and thought about the needs of others?
How much do you care?
How much do you share?
Of your time, your love and your mind.

How bad can it be when you give of your time? 
How long since you give no excuses?

Can you share with your hands? 
Can you give with love? 
Can you love with your heart and hands? 

How bad can it be when asking for blessings, 
and then prayed about how to share them? 
Did you know that through God the blessings flow? 
He is there because He loves you. 

How bad can it be when you bless with your hands, 
and felt the warmth of those blessings? 

Can you give of yourself? 
How bad can it be? 
Since you knew that your hands could give.

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Victor Buhagiar

Date: 12/2/2024 8:24:00 AM

Can you give with love? Much to learn from your poem.

Miranda Hawley
Date: 12/2/2024 3:10:00 PM

Can you give with love is the question for all of mankind! Thanks.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 12/1/2024 7:48:00 PM

Gosh I don't even know the title song you are parodying . Very nice message. Are you sponsoring a new contest soon? I have been considering a Xmas song parody contest but not sure I will do it. If I do, I will give 5 songs to choose from. I can't motivate myself to judge my last contest. Wish me luck

Miranda Hawley
Date: 12/1/2024 8:52:00 PM

I've included the link for the song, it's really old. Mom had the song on vinal, we had a record player in the 90's. I think that although the song has a good message, but it is a really slow song. And I don't yet have my next contest in mind, but I am sure it will come to me.

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 12/1/2024 1:01:00 PM

- Lovely poem, so nice if you can change someone else's day from negative to positive... give without expecting anything in return, Miranda :) - hugs

Miranda Hawley
Date: 12/1/2024 4:06:00 PM

That's exactly what I was thinking about when I wrote this poem.