I wonder if yesterday hadn't happened
would I still be who I am
Would I look and miss the pain
when I think about it now I go insane
Like a bullet to the brain
I will never be the same
just look around this world's gone crazy
everyone just too damn lazy
doesn't anybody care
yesterday walking down the street
some distant world under my feet
I felt a small hand grasping mine
who is this child I do not know
why is his face so full of woe
what can I do to stop his crying
Like a bullet to the brain
I will never be the same
just look around this world's gone crazy
everyone just too damn lazy
doesn't anybody care
Let me help you build a home
prove to you you're not alone
if you'll let me we'll be friends
because for me its not the end
I wonder if yesterday hadn't happened
would I still be who I am
Author notes
I wrote this song while I was working with Habitat for Humanity building houses in Bangladesh. I went just after the recent hurricane. It was hard seeing so much pain and everywhere you looked was someone in need of help.
A contest entry
- Pay It Forward Day by LittleAnn.
1050 points, ended June 16, 5 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Comments
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Thank you for taking the time to enter this into my contest and thank you for being so patient with me, I'm really sorry for the delay in the judging.
I was thinking: Wow, this sounds very much like the words to a song, then I noticed you even mentioned it was a song.
I love the "Let me help you build a home" stanza, it portrays hope and humanity in the middle of desperation. Helping people in need... That's all Paying-it-forward is about, isn't it?
Great job on this poem!
Keep on writing!
Annie
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you have written good
i dont know which aspect you have written
take care
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yesterday walking down the street
some distant world under my feet
I felt a small hand grasping mine
WOW---I love this! especially the title grabbed my attention
Great song, wish I could hear it to music! Very powerful message!
pegleg
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