{"line1":"Crystal Ball,","line2":"I see a child","line3":"in a foreign world.","line4":"I will pretend","line5":"that he is next to me.","line6":"I will hand him","line7":"a glass of fresh water","line8":"and some rice.","line9":"I will give him a pen","line10":"and a piece of paper","line11":"with which to learn.","line12":"Crystal Ball,","line13":"I see a child","line14":"in a foreign world.","line15":"I will pretend","line16":"that he is next to me.","seoTitle":"Next to Me — A Poem About Compassion for Children Around the World","seoDescription":"A tender imagining of reaching across worlds to comfort a child through the power of pretending. A compassionate poem by Pemba Umoja.","keywords":"poem about compassion, children of the world poem, empathy poetry, humanitarian poem, crystal ball poem"}