A BIG HEART



  He was a small man but only in height,


  He would lose his wife as a child was born.


  Lou was his name, a man so kind,


  Trying to survive, taking care of his daughter.


  A job was needed, treated like some kind of freak,


  Turned away, desperate, he would steal for a meal.


  This is not who he was, why are people so ignorant 
  And mean,

  Confined to jail by one who did not care, a much 
  Needed favor.

  A daughter in danger, this little man with a big heart 
  Was needed,

  Risk his life he would, even for those whom did look 
  Down upo,

  A big heart in a man who did appear to stand taller 
  Than all.

                             Keith Garrett