“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” – Plato
“Too much self-centered attitude, you see, brings, you see, isolation. Result: loneliness, fear, anger. The extreme self-centered attitude is the source of suffering.” – Dalai Lama
“Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world. It requires profound purpose larger than the self kind of understanding.” – Bill Bullard
Blind-spot…
Yes. I’ve observed
You can read the sports section
Financial updates, fashion – a mask
News sensations and acts of
Aggression,
Yet, you never could see me
Staring way outside my periphery ( you don’t know me)
Desperate to avoid, oh, the chinks in your armor
These eyes, they frighten you
Fearing, they could expose you
Some say your eyes are vacant
Others say, hostility resides there
You declare astuteness and brilliance
Like an open book
I read the pain from where you strikeout
You are terrified
Your wounds open, raw
Could find healing
A vessel for your pain
I never judge and my lips remain sealed
You remain locked in the fear
Fear that I would know you too well
Yet, I already do
Bisous,
Léa
poetry, photos and musings oh my! 
Whew! Powerful stuff.
Pam, thank you for your kind support. Léa
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Wow, strong words, Léa! Nicely done! 📚🎶 Christine
Christine, perhaps, When writing, the words seem to do as they will. I am merely the pencil pusher and if you think that was strong, wait until you see what appeared yesterday after I heard of the Ohio shooting. 📚📚
Your poem strikes right at the heart of the matter.
Thank you. However, I’m not finished. There is one scheduled for Wednesday that I wrote in response to the latest shootings there…