Our Starfish

As I walked along the seashore

A young boy greeted me.

He was tossing stranded starfish

Back to the deep blue sea.

I said, "Tell me why you bother,

Why you waste your time this way.

There's a million stranded starfish, 

Does it matter anyway?"

He smiled and said,
 "It matters to this one,

It deserves a chance to grow.

It matters to this one.

I can't save them all I know.

But it matters to this one,

I'll return it to the sea.

It matters to this one,

And it matters to me."

(I don't know who wrote this - the only credit I can give is that I found it on the blog Saving Our Starfish.)