A Second Look

A Second Look

Take a walk through life beside me
It's all out there
For me to share
Let me show you now all that I can see
If you give your eyes a second chance


Do you see the garden and not the flowers?
The buzzing bee
So busy but free
To see it all you can look for hours
If you give your eyes a second chance


Can you see the mountain's majesty?
Or just how high
It reaches to the sky.
To miss its essence is a tragedy
If you don't give your eyes a second look


Have you seen the people walking past you
Worried faces
Frantic paces
Looking for a line to cast you
But you don't give them a second look


How many gardens grow and die
Before you know the reason why?
How many friends are never met?
One kindness someone will never get.


Have you seen your life as it passes by?
Day by day
Same old way
Looking straight ahead as masses fly
Never to give their day a second look.


Marian
September 22, 2010