How can you help someone listen?
To see a truth that you can see but they cannot?
Pitching the truth in different tones,
Hoping that one will resonate.
Out of compassion for them, for us.
Shining a kind, gentle light on the issue perhaps.
Not a glaring "I told you so" spotlight,
But a "we need to get off the tracks, the train's coming"
urgent, compassionate light.
These are the days when we need each other more than ever.
Maybe the listening starts with me.
With my ability to truly see the other.
To walk in their skin, their shoes.
Once I understand what makes them THEM,
I can understand why they don't want to see.
I can be a little patient and be there when they finally do.