C IF FOR COMPASSION I will see a stranger today through the eyes of compassion I will remind myself that this stranger has parents And people who love her Just like me I will remind myself that this stranger has moments of joy Just like me I will remind myself that this stranger has moments of Anguish and suffering Just like me I will remind myself that this stranger will one day grow old I will remind myself that this stranger will go Through the cycles of Illness and recovery Just like me I will remind myself that this stranger will one day die Just like me. Through the eyes of compassion I will know the stranger not as a stranger anymore But as a living soul Just like me