Where The Heart Is

This poem was written by Linda Rhinehart  Neas who was inspired to write after seeing the suffering of children suffering from HIV and aids and their grandmothers known as Gogos  who care for them In Swaziland ,She was so inspired it became a book whose profits go to help in education and health care.The book sits proudly in Nelson Mandela Personal Library.  

Where the Heart Is

 How is it

            that simply

                        by looking at

pictures

          taken by others,

pictures

           of strangers

                        never to be met,

pictures

           of rolling hills

           of lush, grassy plains

           of shining eyes

                        that look into your soul

from the faces of children

                        you could hold all day

in spite of the heat

                        of the African sun…

How is it

            that your heart

                               finds a connection

that you never

                    knew existed

until you

              looked at

pictures,

            falling

                   unquestioningly

                                    in love?

©2009 Linda M. Rhinehart Neas

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