My Two Hands by Jaymie Gerard
Dedicated to the Children of Child Future Africa
My two hands can build
My two hands can hold
My two hands can lift up
My two hands can scold
My two hands can beg
My two hands can feed
My two hands can have
My two hands can need
My two hands can fix
My two hands can break
My two hands can give
My two hands can take
My two hands can touch
My two hands can feel
My two hands can hurt
My two hands can heal
My two hands can work
My two hands can play
My two hands can curse
My two hands can pray
My two hands can teach
My two hands can learn
My two hands can squander
My two hands can earn
My two hands can speak
My two hands can ignore
My two hands can make peace
My two hands can make war
My two hands have choices
And they understand:
The future of this world
Is here, in my two hands