Reflections

If hearts were a little more caring

And eyes were a little less blind,

We might see, through the magic of sharing,

How easy it is to be kind.

If minds were a bit more revealing

And hands were more willing to greet,

We might give to each other a feeling

Of friendship whenever we meet.

If we could tear down all those roadblocks

That separate races and creeds

We might free from doubt's rusty old padlocks

Our oneness in hopes and needs.

If we would let tolerance guide us

Where ignorance has not let us go,

We might turn back the foes that divide us,

The evils that weaken us so.

Then somehow we might find that highway,

Fog-hid by our own foolish pride,

And, shoulder to shoulder, some bright day

March up it to God's love-lit side.

~ John C. Bonser