Lens Awareness

We view other people's lives through the lens of our own experiences.

One size does not fit all!!

If only we remembered that the window we peer through

Is not a universal, unobstructed point of view

Where, we all dream, hope, hurt and bear the cares of time and place

And no one is beyond the need of sympathetic grace 

While one is celebrating a victorious delight

Another is debating whether life is worth the fight

 The highs and lows of thorns and roses scatter in the wake

Of what becomes the lens through which we view life's give and take

Where soon a season disappears, turned into memories

Laughter and tears unrav'ling years like leaves unravel trees

While, weathering the wounds and wonders of gladness and gall

Of All-in-this-together but one lens does not fit all

Some sorrows flash like neon signs, some lodge deep in the heart

Not one of us can see behind the facade of the art

Where we are all God's workmanship, all simply fellowmen

Not one of us fully equipped to wield the Poet's Pen

Without thought of the welfare of each other first in mind

Because the lenses we look through are each one-of-a-kind

© Janet Martin

Phil.2:4

Let each of you look out not only for his own interests,

 but also for the interests of others.