Children on a spree By Oriosvaldo Almeida, Recife, Brazil

The children kickPlastic bottlesAs though they were the bestFootballs in the world.

The children kick mouldy cucumbers, screwed up balls of paperAnd orangesAs though they were the bestFootballs in the world.

The children make a goalAs though it was the very bestAnd most beautiful in the world.They dribble through lifeBruise their feetRun and attackNo-one holds them back.Life for themAppears dynamic.Their life is a dreamThe dream to be one of life’s goal-scorers.The daily dreamTo be a survivor.

Recife,

Brazil

PauloRodrigo

‘I have come so that they may have life and have it to the full’ John 10:10

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