caring till it hurts

can caring hurt?... is it just perspective?... what then when caring for impossible objectives?... for children starving in a world where garbage fills the streets... for children dying during wars they had no hand in causing... for people used and then discarded so rich men can pad their seats... dare we care enough to ask, is it time for a pausing?... a pause to reflect on the state of humanity - where is humanity?... oh say can you see humanity's humanity?...

caring till it hurts, when common sense says stop - when it will hurt the bottom line, and put you out of work - are you a jerk - caring till it hurts?...

caring till it hurts, when all look the other way - when you will be attacked for point out the dirt - what is it worth? - caring till it hurts...

when you are black balled for trying to do good - do you wonder if you should - still do good?... when you are ostracized for trying to speak truth - do you wonder risk dying - to speak truth?... when you are undermined and challenged for your every imperfection and placed under a microscope for your every objection and ridiculed and condemned as a fool or even evil, will you relent, will you repent, to prevent your upheaval?...

how far will you go to prove you care?... is that the same as asking - how much you do care?... how much do you care?... and when it hurts - how much do you care?...

not really magic

there is a man in Europe with so much more to give
giving into the limits of life he's forced to live
and sadder than the routine life and dreams he's left behind
is he seems to have forgotten the magic in his mind

there is a woman in Canada with so much more to share
giving into the limits of life she's forced to bear
and sadder than the routine life and dreams she's left behind
is she seems to have forgotten the magic in her mind

there is a California girl with so much more ahead
giving into the limits of life lingered in bed
and sadder than the routine life and dreams he's left behind
is she seems to have forgotten the magic in her mind

there are friends who live apart and seem to forget
the magic in their hearts when they live without regrets
there are friends near and far who do not keep in touch
they give up the magic that we all need so much

the magic of memories
the magic of love
the magic of who we are
when we rise above
the fears of trusting
the fears of ends
to share the magic of caring
and being friends

and the past can tear us down if we see only the pain
and this life can drown us in sorrow if we hate the rain
and we can be forgotten old books on dusty shelves
if we give up hope and believe in ourselves

the secret to happiness is not always success
the secret of happiness can be found in a mess
the magic in the mind is giving hope the power
to inspire you to not give up in your darkest hour

there is a man in the USA with so much more to give
giving in to the limits of life he's forced to live
and sadder than the routine life and dreams he does not share
is he knows it's his choice to forget how to care

there are friends who live apart and seem to forget
the magic in their hearts when they live without regrets
there are friends near and far who do not keep in touch
they give up the magic that we all need so much

the magic of memories
the magic of love
the magic of who we are
when we rise above
the fears of hurting
the fears of ends
to share the magic of hope
that remembers friends

but it's not really magic
it is real and true
a power within us
in me and in you
it is power to change things
and power we can share
and power to do something
to show that we care

and share the power of hope
that overcomes all strife
and share the power of hope
that brings us back to life
to share, to care,
to be well, to be aware
to overcome the fears
and accept the ends
as chances to begin again
and
chances to make new friends

we can see so much more than the ends
see the chances to begin again
dear friends
please see the chances to begin again
and take the chances to begin again