If You Speak

If you speak for hope and laughter,

Random acts of love,

If you speak for kindness

And the radiance thereof,

If you speak for beauty 

In each person that you see,

If you speak for all these things,

Why, then, you speak for me. 

If you speak for those without,

Or those who've lost their way,

If you speak for making something

Better every day,

If you speak for mercy

Even to the smallest flea,

If you speak for charity,

Why, then, you speak for me. 

And if you should have troubles

Or be battered by the storm,

Or if the hearth of fellowship

Should fail to keep you warm,

If the darkness closes in

With everything you do,

And if your voice is small and weak,

Then, friend, I'll speak for you.