Perspective

Reference: Natalee Holloway, Missing in Aruba, May 30, 2005.

A young girl comes up missing, in a foreign land

There are those of us who could care less, and those that lend a hand

A momma’s crying, and a daddy weeps

And praying people, fall to their knees

To talk to God about, one lost soul

Yet across the miles sit those that judge, she deserves what she got

She shouldn’t have been there or did what she did, they use words that hurt a lot

To a parent that has lost, a soul

Perspective moves our emotions, and causes us to think

For one thing or against another, it can drive us to the brink

To the edge of hatred or the line of love, it can pull us across

We can judge another with curse or praise, without even a cause

We sit in comfort as we talk about, things that happen to another

Would we be so cold or so ambitious, if it were our sister or brother

Would we call them a sinner, or saint out loud

Do any of us deserve any better, for decisions we’ve made in our lives

Have we lost all compassion for one another, is selfishness on the rise

Would you care if someone tells, your sins to the crowd

Perspective is how we see things, that someone may see different

It forces us to speak our thoughts, it can cause union or division

To love your neighbor as yourself, makes us take a deeper look

For what would we want others to say, if our life were an open book

Does the murdered deserve death, what of the woman that’s been raped

What about the child that’s missing, because someone decided to take

What could he’d done that couldn’t be forgiven, why take what she wanted to keep

The child might have said they would run away, but now they’re out of reach

Perspective without knowledge, with no wisdom within sight

We speak our mind without repercussions, because we think that we are right

Not caring about those it hurts, or whether it is valid

Remember one day it could involve you, don’t let your heart grow callused

A young girl comes up missing, in your neighborhood

Would you just sit there and say she deserved it, or help find her if you could?

6/29/2006