When We Close Our Eyes

When we close our eyes
And when we stop caring,
That's when Good dies
And Evil comes thriving.

When we close our eyes
And pretend all is well,
We condone the lies
That our leaders tell.

When we fail to see
What goes on around us,
We may lose liberty
And not make a fuss.

When we close our eyes,
Accept things as Chance
Our humanity dies -
We lose our Substance.

To make a firm stand
One must open his eyes.
Assess things at hand -
For what's Right, he cries.

A time to be silent
And a time to speak,
Wrong must be bent -
It's not work for the Meek.

We pray Good will arise
In whatever we write,
When we close our eyes
We know we have done right.









Cynthia Buhain Baello
July 11, 2009