Heaven Help Them

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Heaven Help ThemShe's shy and sweet with the mind of a childsaid, "hi, my name is Martha" with an innocent smileas she bagged my Corn Flakes at Safeway last weekshe works a four hour shift...likes to fend for herselfset my bags in the cart...asked if I needed helpand her twinking eyes revealed a soul simple and meekas I took my receipt and put my Visa awayI thought of the Good Book and her being normal somedaycos there are people on this earththat need heaven's mercy and healinginside they may be confused and hurtbut who can say how they're feelingyet when I meet them I pray again and againheaven help them...heaven help themwell, the guy who was next bought a case of Budshook his head when poor Martha tried to pick it upand said he shoulda got in a diff'rent lineI rolled my cart aside and clenched my fistwas gonna get rowdy but managed to resistcos she never lost her smile and treated him kindI'd pictured when she'd be like normal people arebut we'd all be better off with her gentle heartcos there are people on this earththat need heaven's mercy and healinginside they may be confused and hurtbut who can say how they're feelingstill when I meet them I pray again and againheaven help them...heaven help themyour grace is loftyand ev'ry day we fallso look down Lord and heaven help us allc)2006 Robert George