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T o touch the hearts of those abused,
I believe takes a very special hand.
M any are those that need your help…
E veryone needs someone to understand.

L ook at your family, neighbors, and friends…
O r at a stranger with tears in their eyes.
V ery few will find time to get involved…
E ven with nothing but time in their lives.

A nother voice cries out to be heard…
N ever to reach hearts that are closed.
D eserted are most the souls abused…

T he lonely, the battered, the bloody nosed.
E ver feel guilty for acting blind?
N oticed not the pleas that are cried?
D enied there was something you could do?
E ver wonder why to yourself you lied?
R ealize that your life could change…
N ow it’s you that has been abused…
E veryone else now deaf and dumb…
S ee all He gave us left unused.

S ome time, love, and tenderness

©  1968 Linda Ritnour/RainbowQueen
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