Perception

Stop for a moment
And consider.

The person beside you
Or just out of view
Is a person who thinks
And considers, like you.

Just down the road
Is a person who roams
While you're safe and warm
In your comfortable home.

And high up above
In that skyscraper tall
Or far down below
In that subway's long hall—

Everywhere that you go
Every way that you turn
Someone else has a thought
A desire that burns.

For each hope of yours
Someone else prays
For each passing fancy
Another's life fades.

In each act of mercy
Or every cruel deed
Is another's love deepened
Or an unfulfilled need.

We all have feelings
High hopes and dreams
Each person's a child
In life's moving stream.

So stop and consider
The choices you make
And whether your actions
Are sincere or are fake.

You aren't alone
We're all here together
Each life more important
Than we can merit or measure.

Yesterday's over
And Tomorrow is never
Today is what matters
Now and Forever.

So hurry and move
Remember to care
Before it's too late
To answer a Prayer.


--M.W.