Think About These Things

EXPERIENCE

What happened today?
The newsmen tell
The tidings so:
A government fell.

A statesman was killed,
An airplane crashed,
A City cowered,
Hurricane lashed.

But here upon
This quiet street
An old. old lady.
Grave and sweet,

Handed a rose
To a crying child.
And sunlight sparkled
As they smiled.

I must believe
The clamorous, raw
News; but the smile
Is what I saw.

~Jane Merchant~

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