Would you take a look at yourself?
Would you take a Long Hard look!
Try and see what others see
When they look at you.
What do they see? What do I see?
I will do you a favour and let you look through my eyes
It will be a brutally honest truth
Do you think that you are up to it?
Whether or not you are prepared
Here I come, Ready or not!
Here comes my vision of you
Open your eyes man, unblock your ears.
Let me begin with kindness
For you are a very kind man
You are a very Loving man
You put others before yourself
You often will go that extra mile
Where others will fail or fall
You still stand there
You lend all the support and love
Which you are capable of
And that is one hell of a lot!
You will always try to please others
and it hurts you to see anyone hurt
It Is almost like you are a one man saviour at times
You are a Ghandi or a Jesus or male Mother Theresa
In your Wisdom and Knowledge
You are the Wise man on the pole
You are a Bhudda but No Moses
You are Deep, Deep as the Ocean
Nobody really knows quite how Deep you are
They only know you are very Deep.
Nobody knows how much Hurt you have felt
Nor do they know how deep that Hurt has cut
You don’t even know yourself, do you?
But you never allow your hurts to turn bitter
Revenge is an alien concept to you
You will only Cry your tears and shed them till they dry
And then….After a while…You begin again
Once more trying to find that love you have always looked for
It doesn’t matter how often you fail
Or how often you have been let down
Still ..After weeping…After failing and falling
You will try again once more.
But for All your Goodness, and kindness
For All your Loving
For All your Understanding
For All your Wisdom
For All your Knowledge
For All Your Healing
For All your Patience
Despite All your Wonderful Gifts and potential
You are a Massive Failure!
Why is this so, when so many appreciate and Love you?
Quite simply put
You are a Failure to yourself!
You who has given so much for others
You who has tried so hard to please
You who despises the thought of hurting anyone
You who hates the word Hate
You who has tried so hard, have failed miserably
You have Lost All that you have Treasured most
You gave your Love away Far too cheaply
Till it became a worthless thing to those who received it
You poor poor deluded fool.
Love is Not everything
Love is Not in itself the Answer
What is the Love of a Beggar worth?
What is the Love of the Waster worth?
It Is worth Nothing
If those who give Love do not value Love
If they cannot Love themselves as they should
If they cannot Respect themselves
If they cannot admire their own worth
What is their worth to anyone else?
For they have made themselves worthless
You poor deluded fool
All you ever gave was worth the sum of nothing
You have Failed yourself
In doing so
You have Failed those who mattered to you.
But You yet have a chance
You have found Love now
This Time
Do not let it go so cheaply.
Be Glad that you have yet another chance
But learn your Lesson, Fool!
Rod Macfarlane
