Dorothy Lewis
I express myself through my song. When the emotion comes I let it out. It’s nothing you plan, it comes naturally. It starts the fire burning. It touches somebody else's heart...and it touches the next person's heart.
I try to give back some of what has been given to me. I try to give something more. When I'm in church I want somebody else to have the same joy that I feel, especially in a down moment, it is uplifting to them. I have sympathized with other people, I have shared other people's joy.
When we come together you can feel it. Sometimes I sit there looking at someone and they come out with the same song I had. Someone's thinking just what you're thinking! That’s love running from heart to heart, and breath to breath. If she brings her little fire and I bring mine and you bring yours... you got it. Everything will just fall into place. I may not have much, but we can put all that together and still make it. What little I've got I'm willing to share. It’s about doing what I know I can do to help. I like that. If I have somebody that I know is going to stick with me and help me along we can make it. We can make a difference.
Dorothy Lewis. Newbern, Alabama.
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