To See With Another’s Eyes
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If we could see the world through another’s eyes
Perhaps we would no longer wonder why
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Perhaps then we’d approach life bolder
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If we could listen through another’s ears
Perhaps we’d no longer hear falling tears
Instead we’d hear music, laughter, and song
To which we all could smile and sing along
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If we could touch with another’s fingers
Perhaps we’d feel the fading warmth as it lingers
Feel a wondrous presence in the very air we breathe
Then with regret we’d no longer seethe
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If we could but scent with another’s nose
Perhaps we’d stop to smell the fragrant blooming rose
Our path through life would slow as we ponder
What makes us yearn to cross that hill over yonder
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If we could taste with another’s tongue
We’d sample the confection that once kept us young
The sweet taste of compassion and caring for others
Perhaps we’d learn we all are truly brothers
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If we could walk with another’s feet
Perhaps we’d march to a different beat
Learn to run, leap, gambole, and dance
Then on a new trail we could take a chance
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We all need to try to…
See what another sees
Listen to what another hears
Scent what another scents
Taste what another tastes
Feel what another feels
Walk in another’s shoes
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Then we could stop tasting ashes of defeat
Stop seeing bodies drop in a blasted out street
Stop hearing the whistle as the bombs drop
No longer scent the decay of hatred’s crop
And instead reach out our hands
And feel love for our fellow man
As we walk a new and better path
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About the Creator
Andrew C McDonald
Andrew McDonald is a 911 dispatcher of 30 yrs with a B.S. in Math (1985). He served as an Army officer 1985 to 1992, honorably exiting a captain.
https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Keys-Andrew-C-McDonald-ebook/dp/B07VM843XL?ref_=ast_author_dp
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Comments (2)
This was so deep and extremely true. I wish more people would do this 🥺❤️
Super inspirational!!!❤️❤️💕