A Handful of Seeds

January, 1994 (LJA)

I bring with me a handful of seeds

I can look out and see what you don't want to be

And can help you make a new start

What will I do with them

If I look out and see somebody like me

It's all I have--this handful of seeds--

Who cares just like me from the heart.

They're all I have to spend.

Will I share them with you if when I look at you

It only takes a handful of seeds

I see the person I don't think you should be

And wisdom how to use them

Or will I hold them close, protecting myself

Then you can help somebody in need

And just keep my seeds all to me?

You can be a friend.

I bring with me a handful of seeds

If you'll reach out and share your handful of seeds

What will I do with them

With someone with feelings like you

It's all I have--this handful of seeds--

You'll find your seeds will multiply

They're all I have to spend.

And others will share their seeds too.

When I look in your eyes and I see your despair

You bring with you a handful of seeds

Like a mirroring of my own soul

What will you do with them?

Then I'll stay here and work beside you

It's all you have--this handful of seeds

And together we'll find a new goal.

They're all you have to spend.

It only takes a handful of seeds

And wisdom how to use them

Then I can help somebody in need

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I can be a friend.