Whatever our hands touch-
   We leave fingerprints!
On walls, on furniture
   On doorknobs, dishes, books.
There's no escape.
   As we touch we leave our identity.

Oh God, wherever I go today
   Help me leave heartprints!
Heartprints of compassion
   Of understanding and love.

Heartprints of kindness
   And genuine concern.
May my heart touch a lonely neighbor
   Or a run-a-way daughter
Or an anxious mother
   Or perhaps an aged grandfather.

Lord, send me out today
   To leave heartprints.
And if someone should say
   "I felt your touch,"
May that one sense YOUR LOVE
   Touching through ME.