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With Gentle Hearts And Mindful Eyes


It's a lingering mystery 
What people are going through.
Everyday, we meet wounded, fragile souls 
Who conceal sadness with smiles.
They've wrapped barricades around their glass hearts,
Stamped with a "No Tresspass" sign.
If we're patient enough, 
They'll let us through with time.
With gentle hearts 
And mindful eyes,
We watch out, reach out 
And touch these broken and wounded folks.
We let them know they're not invisible,
That we see them, and hear them;
We show them that we care.
Just one big hug is enough 
To lift their despondent spirits 
And usher in bright rays of sunshine 
Into their gloomy existence.
We meet so many 
With bleeding wounds will never see 
Without delving much deeper.
There's nothing wrong with asking
"Are you okay?"... 
To excavate deeply buried catharsis,
To release withheld floodgates of pain.
With gentle hearts 
And mindful eyes,
We take care of ourselves 
And one another.

Copyright © Edward Ibeh

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