I remember once reading an article on bullying.

The author said, "Before we judge, maybe we should step back, for a moment, and see the world through their eyes."


So I did.


.


I saw a world of darkness


Where light had been destroyed


Cities lay wasted at my feet


Leaving nothing but an empty void


.


The oceans had turned to sewer


The mountains crumbled to dust


The forest were but charred skeletons


And the deserts had turned to rust


.


The people were soulless puppets


Hanging on strings controlled by hate


Empty of all love and feelings


Existing in an eternal vengeful state


.


What they viewed as heaven


We would only see as hell


Our Commandments say, Thou Shalt Not


Theirs started, I Sure as Shit Will


.


So,

.


I've seen the world through their eyes


And I surely don't understand


How one person can so hate


And want to destroy his fellow man


.


I may be the world's worst cynic


But I fail to ever see how


We can help, understand or cure


And make them whole again, now


.


So,

Tell me,


What was I supposed to see?


.


December 7, 2012