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Across the oceans so far from home Anxious to see what comes your way Overwhelmed by a culture you've never known Mustering up courage to face a new day Foreign eyes present a mystery Searching every corner for kindness Desperate desires to run and flee But this opportunity you cannot miss Teamwork and bonding In bright faces you find comfort A new place for more loving It doesn't feel like work Sweat blood and tears Open arms so welcoming No longer any fears It feels so good to be helping A new perspective on what it means to be alive How can a people with so little give so much? Pura Vida a motto to keep love in the light Now forever your heart will be touched Butterfly kisses in the morning rain Make you want to do it all over again These Ticos' kind hearts will never bring pain Merely the fullest life and no need for shame Many of Earth's citizens don't know how to live well Peace and love is not a flowing thought War and hunger gets caught in the swell Struggling when the meaning of life is forgot So when the sky is crying And the world feels strange Place your enlightened ear to your shell And rise as a leader to be the change.
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Feb 12, 2013
Feb 12, 2013 at 3:23 AM UTC
Be The Change
Across the oceans so far from home Anxious to see what comes your way Overwhelmed by a culture you've never known Mustering up courage to face a new day Foreign eyes present a mystery Searching every corner for kindness Desperate desires to run and flee But this opportunity you cannot miss Teamwork and bonding In bright faces you find comfort A new place for more loving It doesn't feel like work Sweat blood and tears Open arms so welcoming No longer any fears It feels so good to be helping A new perspective on what it means to be alive How can a people with so little give so much? Pura Vida a motto to keep love in the light Now forever your heart will be touched Butterfly kisses in the morning rain Make you want to do it all over again These Ticos' kind hearts will never bring pain Merely the fullest life and no need for shame Many of Earth's citizens don't know how to live well Peace and love is not a flowing thought War and hunger gets caught in the swell Struggling when the meaning of life is forgot So when the sky is crying And the world feels strange Place your enlightened ear to your shell And rise as a leader to be the change.
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tessa-f
English
Feb 12, 2013
Feb 12, 2013 at 3:23 AM UTC
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