Give and Received

In a place far away from here there is an
Orphanage full of children.
Those children have nothing of their own.
Everything they own is donated to them
By people who express kindness
For those less fortunate.

A few years back…
I remember strangers giving me a gift.
A gift that was made only for a small little girl like me.
The gift was a shoebox
Full of toys, notebooks, pencils
And everything I might never have before.

Once I was an orphan.
But not today,
Today I am going to give back what was
Once given to me.

I’ll give a gift full of love and hope.
I will give away my heart to those who don’t have much.
Hoping it will make a difference for them.
Because it sure did make difference
In my life once—still does today.