FIVE SECONDS OF GRACE

What do you see 

When you look at me 

What comes to mind 

In that moment and time 

Are you ecstatic with our first encounter 

Or do you feel as though 

You've made a blunder 

Never before have I passed your way 

My arrival should be greeted 

As the dawning of a new day 

But it only took you five seconds 

To summarize my life 

And why lean on assumptions 

When you are blind to what's inside 

Do you think of eternity 

When thinking of me 

As one who possesses 

Wisdom and integrity 

Looks can be deceiving 

To a closed mind

And to judge without knowledge 

Is the ultimate crime.

By

Wilford Barker.