Why are we - who are all members of this human race

So quick to jump on one who has fallen from grace?

Why do we attack someone who seems to be on a trip

Instead of supporting them at shoulders and hip?



If someone is in the process of falling down

We seem to chose to congregate and move around

And antagonize them further so they are bound

Instead of padding their fall right to the ground



Everyone of us has something good in us to share

It's just a matter of getting to know as they bare

Their souls and divest themselves of all underneath

Their shells, which they use to protect their sheath



In which they slide in and out their tools of craft

Which some of us have plentiful, as we're not daft

All it takes is time to see what makes them glow

And as we ride on that passage we do come to know



And so we choose (or we should) to give them a start

So they can blossom and as they do - they will impart

Whatever it is they have which makes them tick inside

And then, as we, patiently, give them a chance to ride



We will start to know the goodness which we can utilize

To empower ourselves to be on better terms as we prize

Our own place in the world - of which we are great part

No matter how mean others get to us - we do have heart



And all we need do ... to resolve the pain we do feel 

Is focus on others who show only goodness which seals

Our own realization there is much wonder around us

Which has seldom been tapped, even tho it's trussed



Up in concise packages which wear ribbons and masks

For we are always trying to hide from questions asked

Instead of being open and explaining just who we are

For we're afraid doing so, will make us become tarred



Perhaps so - if you really truly have something to hide

Then - if you do - then you need to find another ride

But, if you don't ... then nobody at all can get to you

For everyone has a right to BE ... no matter how blue.



- Tristram