A WORLD OF UNDERSTANDING

Sweetness in that smile
As if expanding from another time
Seeing again the kindness fall upon those lips
Eyes full of knowing and wonderment

Still growing & changing
Trying to find your way in this world
Embracing the plight of others
While still accepting your own

Finding a way to make a difference
In all of the coldness, vastness, emptiness
Smiling upon those so less fortunate
Bringing compassion
While still trying to find it for yourself

Knowing what to give for it is your need too
Giving of more than yourself, time & effort
Sweeping emotion & awareness
So much more than any one being in this world

Seeing the fathoms of despair
From hunger to the inhumane
How so much of the world lives
That which we never see or could believe

Fortunate to be able to give
Acquiring a world of understanding
Knowledge flowing back to illuminate it for others
So blessed to be able to live

Touching truly what life is about
Appreciating every moment
Without doubt of your place here, now & always
From now on appreciating it all
While the search within is embraced forevermore