Heartprints

Whatever our hands
touch -
We leave fingerprints!
On walls, on furniture
On doorknobs, dishes,
books.
There's no escape.
As we touch we leave
our identity.
Wherever I go today
Help me leave
heartprints!
Heartprints of
compassion
Of understanding and
love.
Heartprints of kindness
And genuine concern.
May my heart touch a
lonely neighbor
Or a runaway daughter
Or an anxious mother
Or perhaps an aged
grandfather.
Send me out today
To leave heartprints.
And if someone should
say,
"I felt your touch,"
May they also sense
the love
that is deep within my
heart.
- adopted