Return to Home Page Return to Anne Margetson Index IS LIFE FAIR? Some of us live this life with the wind at our back, Others struggle all their days in tumultuous seas. Some have good strong friends who keep them on track. Others are hurt and wounded time and time again.   Soft spoken gentle folk, sweet tempered and in control Often get down trodden, by blustering folks who are crude. Yet in this world it seems unfair with every punch they roll And raise your head again to the buffetings of earthly men.   We all need a second chance or maybe a third or more. Who are we to judge, and batter and defame a name Before we know them well! Should we kick whilst on the floor? Or raise them with a kindly smile? Be an example to us all.   I've been given a second chance, been kicked when down, I have felt a arm, an arm of love and a cold shoulder and frown. Would we ignore a helpless man as he sunk the third time to drown? Yet without a thought this is done to God's children all around.   Do we listen to gossip and judge a soul without a fair chance? Do we play judge and jury and condemn without a trial? This country is free thank God, a country to grow and enhance All those who wish to improve, not a place to kill and crush a soul.   M Ann Margetson Jan 7 1998 ©