It's Easier

Steve Cochrane 1955 (Cape)



It's easier to turn away
Than look at anyone who may
Be handicapped because we feel
It makes the pain of life too real.

A simple movement of the head
Can change the view we see instead
Of letting them see us react
To those whose lives are handicapped.

Yes, it is easy not to care
And act as if they were not there,
But would you lack concern the day
A child of yours became that way?

About this poem

Compassion and Empathy

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Submitted by stevec.24118 on June 15, 2023

Modified by stevec.24118 on June 15, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABB CCXX DDAA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 385
Words 83
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

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