Look closer,

Look closer,

And you will see

What you have missed.

Listen and you will hear

The slightest sound.

Wait until you find

An answer.

Seek,

Until you find no more.

It sounds so easy

Each phrase

Short and simple,

Seems just right,

But look

A little closer,

At the message

You are given

When the onus

For all

This world’s ills

Is laid on you.

Do you see

And hear the meaning?

Have you learned

The lesson given,

Off by heart?

Regardless

Of a life

And situation,

Words like this,

Are nothing

But a comfort,

A blanket,

Thinly spread,

To cover all occasions,

And however bland,

Really mean,

The future,

For all it’s worth,

Lies in your hands.

So get it right.