Small World

You see a small world in your mind’s eye and so do I
High with lofty ideals the way things ought to be and why
But each is blind to what the other’s world holds inside
Leaving our worlds merely contemplated—never tried

We keep blaming one another
For not going with our flow
But as long as we keep blaming
Our small worlds will never grow

Yet it’s a small mind after all
That’s so big to think its above us all
It’s a small mind that loves to sprawl
And to talk the walk but lives to crawl

We can’t hear what’s in our room
With our ear against the wall
We won’t see our own home’s doom
While we’re watching another one’s fall

There’s a small world only you conceive still I believe
We could be elsewhere if some of us were apt to leave
Residential comfort zones where life is easy though so bleak
And to the source present our gift of words—and speak!

We keep thinking to ourselves
What we’re thinking they should know
But as long as we keep thinking
Our small minds will never grow

Yet it’s a small mind after all
That’s so big to think its above us all
It’s a small mind that loves to sprawl
And to talk the walk but lives to crawl

We can’t hear what’s in our room
With our ear against the wall
We won’t see our own home’s doom
While we’re watching another one’s fall
© 2004 J. “Xakk” Marshall (April 17, 2004, at 3:45 PM)

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