I Have Seen

Observing human suffering, a sense of compassion arises in the heart, leading us to wish to take upon ourselves the suffering of others.

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I have seen a mother cry,
Clutching her child as bombs fell high.
Smoke and dust, a shattered street,
Nowhere to run, nowhere to keep.
I have seen a man grow thin,
Fighting a war he’ll never win.
Not with bullets, not with knives,
But with hunger in his eyes.
Oh, I know, I know your pain,
I hear your cries in the pouring rain.
If I could, I’d take it all,
Bear the weight so you don’t fall.
I have seen the fever burn,
A father’s hands too weak to turn.
Doctors gone, no cure to find,
Only prayers left behind.
I have seen the waters rise,
Take a home before their eyes.
Brick and board and love washed clean,
Like it had never been.
Oh, I know, I know your pain,
I hear your cries in the pouring rain.
If I could, I’d take it all,
Bear the weight so you don’t fall.
I have seen the fear take hold,
When voices break, when hands grow cold.
No light to guide, no justice near,
Only silence built on fear.
I have seen the years go fast,
People lost, their stories passed.
Still the world spins just the same,
Forgetting faces, forgetting names.
Oh, I know, I know your pain,
I hear your cries in the pouring rain.
If I could, I’d take it all,
Bear the weight so you don’t fall.
But I’m just one, just flesh and bone,
With hands too small to hold it all alone.
Still, if I can ease the load,
I’ll walk beside you down this road.
I have seen the fear take hold,
When voices break, when hands grow cold.
No light to guide, no justice near,
Only silence built on fear.
I have seen the years go fast,
People lost, their stories passed.
Still the world spins just the same,
Forgetting faces, forgetting names.
Oh, I know, I know your pain,
I hear your cries in the pouring rain.
If I could, I’d take it all,
Bear the weight so you don’t fall.
But I’m just one, just flesh and bone,
With hands too small to hold it all alone.
Still, if I can ease the load,
I’ll walk beside you down this road.