<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"> <div dir="ltr"><h2 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: normal; font-family: "Droid Serif", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1em; margin: 0.25em 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Clouds Of Hope</h2><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div>by Mavis Jackson. </div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 16.8pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">A child needs to know someone is caring,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 16.8pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">That with them their love and time they’re sharing,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 16.8pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Teaching them, helping them freedom to find,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 16.8pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">By feeding both their body and their mind.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 16.8pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 16.8pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Dark shadows the face of the future hides<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 16.8pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">When despair with happiness meets, collides,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 16.8pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Belief is the path, education’s the key,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 16.8pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">That will lead to truth and equality.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 16.8pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 16.8pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">A child needs support, a reason to live.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 16.8pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">People need to be given chances to give,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 16.8pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">To Nurture, give a child life skills to cope,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 16.8pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">That is the vision that is ‘Clouds of Hope.’ <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div>—————————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>