Can I feed the birds

If I can learn to feed the birds 

Then I can be ok

Then I can learn to care for others 

In kind and caring ways

Then I can learn to look beyond 

my pain and all my need

To see the rest, despite how small 

And set aside my greed

If I can walk outside to fill 

A little house with seed

For birds that do not matter much

in a world replete with need

If I can spend my money on them

And never feel the thrill 

Of designer jeans and expensive phones 

But rather do God’s will 

If I can learn to love and care 

Than I am okay 

To give to those who cannot thank 

And share with those who don’t repay

If in my sorrow 

I provide

Without exchange for joy, 

Or in my weakness 

Do not hide 

But build and not destroy

Then I can live and be okay 

Beyond these tears that fall

Beyond the bleeding and the fear

And moments I feel small 

To lift up those in need 

Regardless of how things end

Then I will stretch my tired hand, 

That’s how my time I’ll spend 

-Kim