Building Bridges

A smile, a word, a helping hand,  

A gentle touch, a quiet stand,  

These seeds we sow in hearts each day,  

Can pave a bridge, a brighter way.  

A door held open, a burden shared,  

A listening ear, a soul that cared,  

Each act a stone, each stone a part,  

Of building bridges heart to heart.  

Through whispered hope, through unseen deeds,  

We meet the world’s most aching needs.  

No act too small, no gift too slight,  

Each kindness sparks a guiding light.  

For change begins in tender ways,  

In fleeting moments, quiet days.  

It bends the world with softest might,  

Transforming darkness into light.  

So let us build with love as glue,  

A bridge from me to them, to you.  

And step by step, we'll surely find,  

The world transformed, one act, one kind.