Holding Hands

A Great Need

Out

Of a great need

We are all holding hands

And climbing.

Not loving is a letting go.

Listen,

The terrain around here

Is

Far too

Dangerous

For

That.

Hafiz

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Ah, life

It can be difficult

There are wars and rumors of wars

There is addiction

And illness

Amazing, loving people get cancer

Children die in car wrecks

Lord

I cannot do this life alone!

I cannot

The ground is too rough

The dangers too profound

I need something

Someone

To cling to

I am like a little child

Just learning to walk

Who finds itself on rough ground

And reaches blindly

Frantically for its mother

I need that hand

That reaches down

And holds tight

Keeping me

On my feet

Thank you Lord for the hands

The many hands that grab mine

For family and friends

Thank you for the people who will not let me go

When I stumble

But hang on

Desperately

And keep me going

In spite of life

In spite of myself

And thank you Lord

For that hand that is always there

And will not let me go

Thank you

For your love