If- a Response
If you can see with eyes of a child
and allow amazement and wonder to be your guide
without fear or doubt
If you can understand the weakness of those who lie
to cover their own frailties
and not set judgment or fault even if the lies are about you
If you can be truthful without using truth as a sword
yet be passionate in your ways without compromising your soul
to those who feast on such things
keeping your honor in trials of decisions
If you can stand to face unrighteousness
and do so in quiet measured confidence
allowing for a peaceful resolution
and can carry life's burdens without complaint
helping those who struggle to do so
finding reasons to help without being asked
or seek restitution for your help
If you can do all these things
then you will be worthy to be called a friend
10/21/18 contest Response to If
note...second submission, first one disappeared
from PS without notice from my manage poems page
Copyright © Frederic Parker | Year Posted 2018
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