open your heart to the misery
of those who live without hope
learn to walk in another’s steps
do not avert your gaze.

give all that you have to give
see with the eyes of a child
learn to not count money,
my friend,
value comes and goes
stay on your toes 

count your hours & count your days
minutes, seconds, breaths, ways.
to please is all that you can do
for kindness is the currency of love, my friend,

love is all that remains of us:
as our time flashes by
a glint in the sky,
angels on high.