What Do You Think

What do you think it will take For people to see eye to eye Funny how we all seek the same thing Yet somehow never agree Funny how we never hear But expect to be understood Sad how we react to words Without ever knowing their why How we choose to ignore The hurt and fear In another’s eyes While covering up our own Each struggling to outdo the other All the while striving Reaching for the very same thing Ignoring the way we’re living We prevent the light from being seen When the wind blows It touches us all the same Just like when it rains Sunlight touches no one more There is no discrimination With heart and hunger pains A man once tried to imagine And for a moment The world sang along But soon words were forgotten Lost in each other’s pride Funny how that works When we each try to hide Bury the question deep inside Until in a quiet moment all alone Feelings rise again And quietly we whisper What do you think it will take my friend For people To see eye to eye