| by Oluyemisi Joel-Osebor (Nee Agboola) | |
| Published on: Mar 30, 2004 | |
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| Type: Poetry | |
| https://www.tigweb.org/express/panorama/article.html?ContentID=3074 | |
That boy, sitting by the roadside waiting for a passerby to drop a coin or two in his plate in order to feed Needs a helping hand That girl dumped by a heap of refuse by her teenage mother, in the cold of the night with no hope for a better future Needs a helping hand That youngster who was forced take up arms as a form of self-defense due to the civil unrest in his country Needs a helping hand That lady forced to leave a decent accommodation in her home country due to a civil war that nearly claimed her life, only to be housed in a mosquito infested tent in a refugee camp in a seemingly strange land Needs a helping hand That lad who just finished high school with the hope of studying for a professional course and has no funds to achieve his dreams Needs a helping hand That woman, who just lost her husband to the cold hands of death and has to work round the clock combining childbearing and up bringing at the home front with several economic activities, striving to make ends meet, nearly crushing under the heavy weight Needs a helping hand That baby lying critically ill, perhaps with a terminal disease, in the intensive care unit of a general hospital Needs a helping hand Have you taken time to observe the many people around you, who need a helping hand? Will you extend your hand of benevolence to the needy? Will you be that helping hand? Will you pull that person out of his low estate to a more dignified status? Your act may go unnoticed but you would have succeeded in writing your name in the sands of time, and in the hearts of those you touched. « return. |
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