Time and Compassion by KV Sart

We live in a determined world

            The laws of physics tell us what we cannot do

            And that we should not be able to do anything

            Yet through the expression of time

            We find control over ourselves

The nameless, faceless, and blameless ones

            See the world around them

            Look through the subjective window

            And know that all they see

            Is colored by perspective

There are those who try

            Those who see the man without a home

            See the child starving

            See the hopeless junkie praying for non-existence

            Some see these and feel something

Others do not understand

            That the homeless man

            Cannot get a job without an address

            And could not afford even the shabbiest apartment

            On minimum wage alone

They do not understand

            That a single mother

            Who works multiple jobs

            May not have time to make dinner

            Or might have to choose between heat and food

They cannot fathom

            That the junkie is empty

            Devoid of human passion

            Unable to find a place

            Ostracized by friends, family, and society

Some of us daydream

            About solving these problems

            Knowing they are problems

            That likely have no solution

            We are unfairly idealistic

But never forget that

Even the smallest things make the biggest difference

And even though complete solutions are difficult

Understanding is less so

And compassion is freedom