What do I stand to gain?

Strange are your ways Oh world! You ask me what do I stand to gain When I help strangers on their way Pause to give my time Spend so much of it in selfless care What do I stand to gain? When I make your burdens mine Think you'll need my help And lend my shoulder to lean What do I stand to gain? When I work for you and your pain I see beyond your need To what my help can mean What do I stand to gain? When you stretch out your hand And look my way Knowing maybe somewhere Someone will open their heart in true care What do I stand to gain? When I love so deep Knowing time and again that it will hurt You may care not a dime And you may never return the time What do I stand to gain? I smile and reply I stand to gain nothing Cause if I did want anything in return My hand I would not extend A self serving attitude is not mine Don't try to reason, cause you won't find I choose to love freely and openly It's for you to decide You want to use me or love me To each one his own I have chosen this path To be free from expectations Hurt not and you will not be hurt You decide what's for you to do. On the other hand cannot stop what I do For the only thought that governs me Is Someone some where is aching just like me When I need it so badly I know what I see And then unconsciously I reach out Thinking I am stretching into infinity You see this life is a full circle And one day it'll come back to me So I am doing myself a favor, actually :-)

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