Can You?

Can you keep a secret?

Or do you also find

That maybe Franklin had it right?

If so, then never mind.

 

Can you keep on smiling

When you’re feeling pain?

Do you fall apart when things

Go against the grain?

 

Can you say, “I’m sorry”?

Has it happened yet

That you’ve said--and please be honest--

Things that you regret?

 

Can you show your thanks

And resist the inclination

To take so much for granted and not

Feel appreciation?

 

Can you look within

And watch your busy thoughts,

Letting the calm embrace you while

You connect the dots?

 

Can you walk for miles

In someone else’s shoes?

If you’ve done it, was it truly

Felt or just a ruse?

 

Can you grasp the wisdom

That the messages impart--

Stirrings of the true self’s longings

Buried in your heart?

(7-17-14)

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[Edward Lancheister]

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