Month 14: October

The meek and gentle hand of praise

supports the fragile soul.

The unifying arm of trust

turns parts into a whole.

When all we try to do each day

is truly love along the way,

until each person longs to stay,

we'll build the place called "home."

Within the world, there can be strife—

a lack of empathy—

which drives apart the human soul

and breaks 'the family.'

That family, who once knew "home"

The ones who'd never felt alone

Now cannot seem to ever know

That what they need is love.

For only love forever binds

Into what cannot be broke.

While everything else can tear apart

or burn with fire and smoke.

For love is when we try to build,

to care, to feel, uplift and heal,

until we're bound with His great seal

of everlasting life.

For life forever would be a sad myth.

Unless we loved all those whom we were with.