Poem – We Are Not Civilized When We Turn A Blind Eye

I cannot make someone who is blind to see.

I cannot make them into what I want them to be.
We live in a zone meant to be wild.
We are designed to become frustrated and beguiled.

There is only satisfaction in a life well lived.
The only answer is to know how to forgive.
Without the truth inside to guide the way.
Many will fail and fall into dismay.

That is because they followed what was false.
They did not hear the music and flow with life’s waltz.
The answers are not obvious with deceiver’s words.
We learn that we will get more truth from natures birds.

That is because to hear the truth we must be calm.
We must make a choice to figure out how to get along.
Only then will pathways present.
To lift mankind to look for intent.

Question why someone believes what they say.
Who benefits from leading others astray.
Listen to the cries of those that suffer under their strain.
Notice what happens to those that complain.

We are not civilized when we turn a blind eye.
We are not human if we refuse to help when others cry.
We have no compassion if we allow the arrogant to win.
We will never know love if we take hate for a spin.

~Suzanne Wagner~