ONLY A MOMENT (KAY HOFFMAN)

          IT ONLY TAKES A MOMENT
          TO GIVE A WORD OF CHEER,
     TO WARM THE HEART OF SOMEONE
     WHOSE SKIES ARE DARK AND DREAR.
          IT ONLY TAKES A MOMENT
          TO CLASP ANOTHER'S HAND,
     TELL HIM THAT YOU'D LIKE TO HELP,
          YOU CARE AND UNDERSTAND
          IT ONLY TAKES A MOMENT,
          AND YET, IN HURRIED PACE,
     WE OFTEN NEGLECT SMALL KINDNESSES,
          A FROWN UPON OUR FACE.
        PERHAPS WE HAVE FORGOTTEN
       WHEN IN OUR HOUR OF NEED
    HOW MUCH IT MEANT WHEN OTHERS GAVE
          A KINDLY WORD OR DEED.
          IT ONLY TAKES A MOMENT
          TO BREATHE A LITTLE PRAYER,
       ASKING GOD TO BLESS HIS CHILDREN
          IN PLACES EVERYWHERE.
        THESE PRECIOUS LITTLE MOMENTS
           SEND WINGING FAR AND NEAR,
   LIKE HOMING PIGEONS THAT WILL RETURN
             TO BRING OUR OWN HEART CHEER.