Do you mourn the forest While buying what replaced it? Did you ever ask where “away” is When you threw something away? Do you love the ocean More than you love convenience? Do you call the climate urgent Only when it reaches you? Do you see it? Do you need it? Do you know what it costs? Do you feel it? Do you mean it? Who pays for what you want? Did you see a person Or an obstacle in your way? Do you look away from beggars Before they look your way? Do you fear their poverty More than you fear their pain? Would you notice that old woman If nobody knew her name? Do you see her? Do you hear her? Do you wonder where she goes? Do you value any lifetime When its usefulness is gone? Do you want the truth Or something that just feels true? Did you choose an enemy Because thinking frightened you? Do you call it courage When your prejudice is praised? Would your principles survive If power put you in their place? Do you see it? Do you need it? Do you know what it costs? Do you feel it? Do you mean it? Who pays for what you want? Do you regret the damage Or only being seen? Did you offer an apology While defending what you did? Do you measure who you are By what you say or what you do? Would the people closest to you Know the person you describe as you? Do you ask who is responsible So the answer isn’t you? Do you call yourself powerless When change would cost you too? Would you still be kind If no one ever knew? Would you recognize the problem If the problem looked like you? Do you see it? Do you need it? Do you know what it costs? Do you feel it? Do you mean it? Who pays for what you want? Would you call this world human? Would it call you human too?
