Some say I'm too tough Hard to comprehend Hard to deal with Hard to love Some say I'm too soft Easy to push over Easy to manipulate Easy to love It is hard to explain Easy to cave in Just shut up And let the others do their thing. Think what they want Do what they want Hold no one accountable For their actions. We all mess up We all have faults We all have lives After All. But if we hold no one Especially ourselves Accountable For our actions For our reactions For our inactions Then how do we live? Responsibility is a big word And a bigger deed. We are in this life To learn And teach Every moment Every breath Every heartbeat. What we get out of it Is up to us Alone Individually Subjectively. We can do no more Good In this life In this world In this universe Than to be the best Student Teacher Partner To everyone around us Including ourselves That we can be. We must not judge That one person's way Is better than another Simply that it is A different point of view A different way of living A different style of loving. The blind can get along Without the one-eyed man And if he thinks himself king Because of his sight It will only be until The novelty of him Has worn off. For the blind have Everything mapped out Each step counted Every object Accounted for and memorized. Those with sight Move things around Step outside the lines Wonder what is beyond. We can no more Cause someone to awaken Than we can restore Sight to the blind Hearing to the deaf Voice to the mute. Though we can offer them New ways to explore Their world. Tell our tales Without expecting Any of it To be heard To be understood To be believed. For us to try to understand Within ourselves That all find out Exactly what they need to know When they need to know it In ways only they can know it. And sometimes We are the messenger Bearing tidings of great joy. And sometimes We are the lunatic Ranting unheard on the corner. It doesn't matter what you think You are Except to yourself And you can never Ever Make someone see you Any other way Than the way that They do. Words Actions Beliefs Are up for random Interpretation. And if you want to be Unconditionally accepted For your unique being Then it's time to ante up Folks Because Turnabout Is Definitely Fair Play.