What Do You Think By Edward Hirsch May
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
© May 2010
