The Starfish Thrower

As I walked along the seashore,
This 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?"

And he 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."