Do You Ever Stop and Think?
Do you ever stop and think
About the people that you meet
Or the words that you say
And what your thoughts can convey?
Do you ever stop and think
About the boy who sits alone
Who injures himself
When nobody's home?
The boy who is the punch line
To every joke there is
The one who longs for
A single soul to ask
"How has your day been?"
He doesn't speak.
No one listens.
He only hears
What makes him grimace.
He has no food
But lunch still begins.
He pulls out a gun
And everyone's his friend.
Do you ever stop and think
About the victim of a bully
About what you could have said
To prevent a gun to your head?
Do you ever stop and think
About the lives you impact
By your speech and
What you do?
It's sufficient enough to ask
How do you do?