I See More Light

What about the road accident you walked by? Pretending as if nothing had happened Too scared to save a life? Can you hear the pained breath of crushed lungs? Can you smell fresh blood on the pavement? Or the scratch of finger nails, as hands lose their strength? Take a look, take a look. If you can see, do not be blind. What about the the guy you saw in the metro Pressing up against the helpess girl - Clicking pictures without her consent? A thousand eyes, all glazed? Do you hear the rise in heartbeats - One of anxiety, one of pleasure? Do you smell the sweat of worry dripping? Do you not sense anything wrong? Take a look, take a look. If you can see , do not be blind. What about the homeless child you saw the other day? He sat in the dust, tied down by hunger. With a book, that he held upside down. You just walked by. Didn't you hear the flicker of pages, back and forth, in vain? Didn't you smell unbathed skin and soiled clothes? How could you not sense the hope he needed? Take a look, take a look. If you have eyes, do not be blind. For even in my darkness, I see more light Than those who purposely draw the curtains.