'Unlock The Doors' Poem by Linda Winchell

I once remember…wasn’t really that long ago
Church doors…that were left unlocked.
Now one has to go around back to enter
And go to the door and knock.

The offering plates were always left unattended
No worries if someone needed a dime or two.
Just people who needed to be with God
That’s all of what… as a child I once knew.

Less churches on the corners… it seems
Less money raised… to help those in need.
Less community participation
Taking in…all of those to feed.

Everyone pretty much today stays to themselves
Afraid of getting… too involved.
I’m afraid if this kind of attitude continues
There will be less and less of our earths problems solved.

Unlock more than those church doors please!
Open up your hearts.
Try to feel the love of Christ within you
That is where mankind…first needs to start.

By: Linda Winchell
Copyright: 2009