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Ripple Affect(ion)

from heart to hand to heart to hand
shared with love where life began � �
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we are but a rock ready to toss � �
no strings, no ties � �
no secrets, no lies � �
a ripple in time ready to live � �
what is taken first also must give � �
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kindness breeds kindness � �
and there is no love without hope � �
but where do we get that � �
when on a ship all alone� �
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the waves take us here � � �
and they move us over there � �
lost has control � �
amongst aimless old souls � �
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that's where the ripple and you coincide
no ego, no pretense, no showing of pride
one hand then another and the chain can go on � �
for freedom from sorrow and guilt now depends � �
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there's no promise of tomorrow � �
of goodness, of peace � �
but if each person first walked � �
in their poor neighbors feet � �
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gone pity with prudence amid a prejudiced eye � �
human interaction with arms open wide � �
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It's not a call for a movement � �
or offering too much of ones time � �
a good word, a gesture � � �
with love from inside � �
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a ripple from you passed on to the next � �
can continue forever � � �
leaving this world with affect(ion)