Help Me Look the Other Way
Help Me Look the Other Way
By Elton Camp
There are some things I prefer not to see
And I hope that’s how it will always be
It’s not exactly that I don’t actually care
If I don’t see, then it’s like it’s not there
My eyes I will ever so gladly deviate
To avoid sights that I both fear and hate
The drug addict hooked on cocaine
Out of view may he always remain
The abandoned child so poorly fed
I willingly prefer to turn my head
The homeless laying along the street
I prefer not to acknowledge or greet
For if these awful sights I have to see
I think how easily it could’ve been me
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