Who Will Care? Poem by Karen TeichCluster

Who will hear if a baby cries?
And who will answer when a child asks why?
Who will feed the hungry man;
And who will dare to take a stand?
Who will mend the broken heart
Of a woman afraid,
Alone, apart?

Who cares enough to hold the hand
of the soldier dying on foreign land?
Who'll dry the tears that a mother cries?
Who will remember their sacrifice?

Who will pray to God above
To show us Grace, and how to love?
Who'll build a fire to keep us warm,
To lead us home from the raging storm?

Who will care if the truth is told,
Of the lives that were bought
And the souls that were sold?
Who will pay the ultimate cost
Of nothing gained
And everything lost?

Who will care?

(12-29-02)