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INFLUENCE

by Lewis E. Thomas  
10/10/2012 / Poetry

A young teen dies in a car crash
The Police report said: "It was alcohol related"
It was the result of a deadly influence
Something that the father had not anticipated.

We all have the power to influence
With our each and every breath.
Will our influence bring forth life?
Or will our influence bring forth death?

What kind of an influence are you?
When you're around the children you love?
Will your influence make them abusive?
Or make them gentle as a dove?

As you work on your job each day
Do you always do your very best?
Will your influence make someone a better person?
Or will it cause them to be less?

What kind of an influence are you
Every day, everywhere you go?
If God checked out your records
What would your records show?

Are you a gentle and kind person?
Or are you mean and cruel?
Do you live a life full of sin?
Or do you follow the Golden Rule?

Are your spoken words refreshing?
Life-giving to all who hear?
Or are they like deadly darts
Thrown into the back of someone near?

There is someone influenced by you
Even though you cannot tell.
Will your influence lead them to Heaven?
Or will it march them straight to Hell?




Lewis E. Thomas
As given by God
2/4/1999

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