RUTH HARMS CALKIN - MATTED PRINT

"Heartprints"
OUT OF PRINT

Whatever our hands touch--
We leave fingerprints!
On the walls, on the furniture,
On doorknobs, dishes, books,
As we touch we leave our identity.

O God, wherever I go today,
Help me to 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, a dear friend!

Lord, send me out today
To leave heartprints.
And if someone should say,
"I felt your touch,"
May that one sense your love
Touching through me.
—Ruth Harms Calkin
© 1983


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