Give it a Thought                                                   

Hey you th'ar, come closer

and you shall hear the story of

Iishere ( I-is-here), who was never far

from There.

 

He oft did roam from Here

to Where, making sure not

to leave his cares There

for others to wear.

 

He strolled the pathways and

byways to find the stowaways

who were the throwaways,

to give them Hope that

 had been taken

by Nope .

 

He did encounter those

who  proposed all should

cope without

Hope.

 

 The battles he fought

 from Nope to Hope so that

others would not despair

 left Iishere with little

to spare.

 

Onward he pushed  to

follow his quest to see

to it that all were at rest. 

 

Never complaining nor

 whining, Iishere was

always there, to care

and share giving Hope

instead of

Nope.

 

He tarried not long but passing

 through Nope, he gave out

Hope, to those who could not Cope.

 

Now Iishere with a heavy heart

 and tears flowing 'or his cheeks to

see those without hope, trudged

 the byways or' land and cross

 the many seaways, always searching

 near and far to find those with time

to spare, to give Hope to those

 in need of repair and

 Cope to those without

care from Nope.

 

He  would not take Nope

from those not traveled to Hope.

Instead he directed them to find

 their place in a land called Hope.

 For it  was his journey to never end,

but to leave behind for all to find

 in Hope the legacy  to

Cope.

 

So watch for Iishere along the

byways and causeways searching

 for the throwaways and the

stowaways, to send them along

new pathways to Cope and

Hope and not

to Nope. 

T. Condon May '96