It's hard to say how he felt,
when he heard my voice,
when he opened the passenger door,
and sat right next to me.
I wasn't sure,
if what I was doing was a bad idea,
but when that man sat next to me,
I felt quite content.
The rain fell down on the street,
as he looked down at his feet,
I asked him where to go,
and he pointed ahead.
As we drove through the driving rain,
he asked me for my name,
and I told him,
and he said...
"My name is Convicton,
I moved here last year,
with my wife and my kid,
now I live here."
I looked and I smiled,
told him that was neat,
asked where he was from,
then he looked at me...
"I moved here from Haiti,
after the earthquake.
God blessed me with life,
and I'm not going to waste it."
As he told me to turn right,
I asked him why,
why did he move here,
and what made him keep trying.
And he told me, "Gods blessings,
he sends them to me,
in the forms of small things,
in the forms of thee."
And he smiled at me,
as he told me to stop.
I pulled over and told him,
it was nice to talk.
He grabbed his laundry,
and closed the back door.
I looked out the passenger window,
and waved au revoir.
He smiled at me,
and told me "God bless!".
Then he shuffled away,
into his house.
And as shifted into drive,
and slowly drove away,
I smiled and thought,
"one good deed a day".
Copyright Barry Pietrantonio