If I Really Cared
Author unknown

If I really cared...I'd look you in the eyes when you talk to me;
I'd think about what you are saying rather than what
I am going to say next;
I'd hear your feelings as well as your words.
If I really cared...I'd listen without defending;
I'd hear without deciding whether you're right or wrong;
I'd ask you why, not just how and when and where.
If I really cared...I'd allow you to know me;
I'd tell you my hopes, my dreams, my hurts;
I'd tell you where I've blown it and when I've made it;
If I really cared...I'd laugh with you but not at you;
I'd talk with you and not to you;
and I'd know when it's time to do neither.
If I really cared...I would't climb over your walls;
I'd hang around until you let me in the gate.
I would not unlock your secrets;
I'd wait until you handed me the key.
If I really cared...I'd put my scripts away,
and leave my solutions at home.
The performance would end.
We'd be ourselves.

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