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DOORS EVER OPEN
LITTLE BROWN SUITCASE AND SAD LITTLE CHILD’S FACE,
LOOK OF BEWILDERMENT BEHIND BLUE EYES.
JUST ONE OF MANY NOT WORTH A PENNY,
NO ONE TO MISS THEM OR KISS THEM GOODBYE.
DOWN BY THE DOCKSIDE SOON TO BE LEAVING,
LIKE LITTLE TOY SOLDIERS ALL IN A ROW.
THE YOUNGER ONES CRYING THE OLDER ONES TRYING,
TO COMFORT EACH OTHER WHEN SPIRITS ARE LOW.
BRING ME THE NEEDY THE LOST AND FORGOTTEN,
THE YOUNG BOYS AND YOUNG GIRLS LEFT ALL ALONE.
HERE THEY’LL FIND SHELTER AND HOPE FOR THE FUTURE,
A DOOR EVER OPEN A PLACE TO CALL HOME.
BOUND FOR AUSTRALIA TO FIND A NEW LIFE THERE,
NOW THEY ARE OLDER WITH SKILLS OF THEIR OWN.
LEAVING ALL BEHIND THEM FOR SO MANY REASONS,
THE MOTHERS AND FATHERS THAT THEY’D NEVER KNOWN.
THEY GAME FROM THE GUTTER SO COLD AND SO LONELY,
FROM STREETS IN THE CITY FILLED WITH DESPAIR.
GIVEN A CHANCE TO MAKE SOMETHING FROM NOTHING,
THIS WAS THE LIFE OF A CHILD LEFT IN CARE.
BRING ME THE NEEDY THE LOST AND FORGOTTEN,
THE YOUNG BOYS AND YOUNG GIRLS LEFT ALL ALONE.
HERE THEY’LL FIND SHELTER AND HOPE FOR THE FUTURE,
A DOOR EVER OPEN A PLACE TO CALL HOME.
I WAS THAT CHILD THAT STARTED WITH NOTHING,
AND ALL OF SOCIETY TRIED TO DISOWN.
GIVEN A CHANCE THAT WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN,
BY DR BARNARDO WHO GAVE ME A HOME.
STAN GRAHAM.
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