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darkness ...
Published May. 25, 2008
Something I'd like each of you to think about as you are reading this ...
Click HERE first ... Then return here to this page.
Over your shoulder, please don't mind me
If my eyes have fallen onto your magazine
Oh, I've been watching, and wondering
Why your face is changing with every line you read.
For all those lines and circles, to me, a mystery.
Eve pull down the apple and give a taste to me.
If she could it would be wonderful, but my pride is in the way.
I cannot read to save my life, I'm so ashamed to say.
I live in silence, afraid to speak
Of my life in darkness because I cannot read.
For all those lines and circles, to me, a mystery.
Eve pull down the apple and give a taste to me.
If she could it would be wonderful ...
Then I wouldn't need someone else's eyes to see what's in front of me.
No one guiding me.
It makes me humble to be so green
At what every kid can do when he learns A to Z,
But all those lines and circles just frighten me
And I fear that I'll be trampled if you don't reach for me.
Before I run I'll have to take a fall.
And when I pick myself up, so slowly I'll devour
every one of those books in the Tower of Knowledge.
("Cherry Tree" - 10,000 Maniacs)
It's estimated that 22% of adults in North Carolina (some 1,100,000 people) have a serious literacy problem, and as many as 800,000 of those people are completely illiterate. They can't read at all.
Imagine looking at this page and having no idea what it is saying.
Imagine looking at a newspaper or a book or a magazine and seeing nothing there.
Imagine how limited and dark your life would be.
Then consider volunteering. You can make a difference in the life of another human being, and, trust me on this one, few things you will ever do will feel more rewarding.
Check here for opportunities:
http://ncliteracy.org/affiliatedprograms.html
You'll be glad you did.
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