"TRADING PLACES"
by Becky Hemsley
by Becky Hemsley
If one day we swapped places -
I was you and you were me
I wonder what it is that both of us
Would actually see
How your smile lights up your face
How when you walk into a room
You brighten up the place
I wonder if you’d see the way
You always make the time
For those who seek you out because
You’re patient and you’re kind
And maybe I would notice
How I always stand my ground
And how I lift up those I love
When they are lost or down
Perhaps I’d notice how
I’m quite content all by myself
And how I’m always there for others
When they ask for help
And if you felt your patience
And if you could see your smile
If I could help myself
And feel my kindness for a while
Then maybe we would understand
We cannot be defined
By all that we fixate on
In our mirrors and our minds
Yes, if we both swapped places
And had someone else to be
Perhaps we’d come to realise
There’s so much we cannot see
And maybe in the moments
You were me and I was you
We would see why people love us
And we’d learn to love us too
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Becky Hemsley 2023
Beautiful artwork by Sascalia
'Trading Places' is from 'Letters from Life' https://a.co/d/cX3wuDC
and is also on my website as a free downloadable print
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