A Pebble

By Mike Hall, October 22, 2015

Drop a pebble in the water: just a splash and it is gone

But there’s a half-a-hundred ripples circling on and on and on

Spreading, spreading from the center, flowing on out to the sea

And there is no way of telling where the end is going to be

Drop a word of cheer and kindness:  just a flash and it is gone;

But there’s a half-a-hundred ripples circling on and on and on

Bearing hope and joy and comfort on each splashing, dashing wave

Till you wouldn’t believe the volume of the one kind word you gave

Drop a word of cheer and kindness:  in a minute you forget;

But there’s gladness still a-swelling, and there’s joy circling yet

You’ve rolled a wave of comfort whose sweet music can be heard

Over miles and miles of water just by dropping one kind word.

James Foley