Writer's Challenge #2 >> "SYMPATHY"

I've realized that in my 32 years of living

That the word sympathy is a dying art

And though we might say we care

It is just a bag full of hot air

Or a very humble mask we wear

Cause if the situation were to come

Some of us will not be that some one

To reach out and try

And don't look at me from the side of your eye

And try to create self centered explanations to justify

How you do your very best...

Please!

Put your "best" efforts to rest

Come with something else

Cause the only person you're lying to is yourself

Let's be real

If it came to helping someone in need

You would do your "best" to avoid their pleads

Like they were infected with a contagious disease!

And the only perfection is God

And the mistakes we make are our own

But lying will only make it worse

When we try to say we're right

Knowing we're dead wrong!

So instead of remaining a distant solution to a near problem

Find a way to get closer to the answer

That will one day solve the riddle in us all!