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Pamela Correll, The <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Iowa</strong><br />

The Therapist's Goodbye<br />

Broken hearts and broken lives<br />

Tears <strong>of</strong> shame and lost goodbyes<br />

Are they yours or are they mine?<br />

Woven together over time<br />

The mosaic blends and breaks and shines<br />

you gave me more than I gave you<br />

Your stories sacred birds that flew<br />

Together we gave them wings - when not<br />

I pray we both learned something new.<br />

When it began I was broken too<br />

You healed me as much as I healed you.<br />

Janna Traeger, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo<br />

Underprivileged, poor, and weak, They feel their future is so bleak.<br />

We social workers give them a helping hand, Taking on problems both little and grand.<br />

I promise you, you can have my trust, We will mend the problems in a world so unjust.<br />

I will give you my best and give you my all, If we both see it through we will not fall.<br />

I only want to see you succeed, I’ll do what I can to meet your need.<br />

Although I know I can’t fix it all, I promise you I will be t<strong>here</strong> when you call.<br />

Barbara Madson, The <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Iowa</strong><br />

Mending<br />

She's been doing the mending, darning the holes<br />

Left by the wear <strong>of</strong> generations before<br />

Patiently threading the needle each day<br />

Hoping the vision will not go away<br />

While she's doing the mending, patching the souls<br />

Of the people she knew in the lives gone before

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