Circumstances

Walk a mile in these shoes for just one day
It is not simple at all
Words that hurt are not always meant to,
But they paint a vivid picture:
Insensitive and out of touch
Self-consumed and unappreciative
Narrow in focus
Without care
Without support
Without compassion
Convenience prevails
The easy way is the easy way

Take care of each other
That should be the way
Be a fly on the wall
Then meditate about what you see
Consider, for one moment, if it was your world
It’s not so cut and dry

Connected by more than blood
Connected by the soul
Committed side by side
Present for those who turned away
Making it easy to live out of sight and out of mind
But consuming our every moment
We carry on in concert for our task

Longing to live our own life
Resolving that it will never be
Our hands are tied by our qualities
No one will ever know
Determined to accept the unnoticed peacefully
Searching for that peace
Struggling for that peace
It’s a lonely place to be

By the grace of God
We are alone together
Connected by more than blood
Connected by the soul
Committed side by side
Present for those who turned away
Making it easy to live out of sight and out of mind
But consuming our every moment
We carry on in concert for our task