Upon That Pedestal

You may look
But you don't see
You may judge
But you don't know

You just condemn
No mercy dare you show

You say freak
To a red hair streaked
Eyes shot bright
Skin aged from the fight of life
Heart lost sister

You say fake
To a countenance ached
Clothing haggard
Frown fixed
Hope stolen brother

Stay high upon that pedestal
Your feet dare not meet
A dirt ridden floor
Your hands dare not touch
A filth labeled people

Go to church
Smile in that balcony
And oh sing, worship the King
Then step outside
And return to your comfortable life

Don't dare accept a person called weak
Don't dare inquire of someone unknown
And help a life outside of your own

Don't dare think there's a reason
For a difference in living
Don't dare be okay
With the existence of another right way
Because the path you chose to take
It must be the one and only

Get a heater in your bubble
A sweet cup of tea and a scone
Settle in and get comfy
Don't venture in to the unknown

For that could be frightening
It could cause change and pain
Your bubble could be popped
Letting the heat escape from within

You could be the reason for a life saved
You could be the answer to a hopeless slave
You could be the tool of the Omnipotent one
You could be the Servant of the Son

Knowledge may challenge
It may cause questions and aches
It may cause sorrow and anger
But without this knowledge
There may never be change

May you look and see
May you not judge but know
And may you walk in life
As a servant and friend
To those abandoned
To those different

This World, Please See

Yes please just type

Yes please just tweet

Yes please just completely

Totally, ignore me

Oh no, don’t you think

Of someone other than you

Oh no, don’t you worry

Keep your mind

Trapped inside

The realm of society

For isn’t it far easier

Than joining a life of seeing

Of caring

Of being

And righteously you complain

Because it’s absolutely insane

To only get 12 likes

On that picture you posed for just right

Poor girl, poor girl

You entreat me to say

How difficult it must be

To live without the security

Of constant encouraging

Harsh this may seem

But so real it is becoming

A world absorbed in self

As it has shunned out

All matters thought provoking

Dare you not look down the street

Suppose you see what pains me

A family dividing

A mother fighting

A daughter with insecurity rising

And hope fading away

Children starving

Orphans breaking

Victims shaking

Minds raging

So is it so odd that I go crazy

World, world open your eyes

Don’t just sit, and listen to the cries

Of our falling friends

And don’t tell me it doesn’t sting

To know what you could be doing

Yet our selfishly stung world

It’s so incapable of moving

Until one, one responds to the calling

One allows their heart to guide them

To the darkness of poverty

To be a light to the needy

It just takes one

To keep another from being alone

It just takes another

To spread the love a little further

And light the way

For revival of a drowning world