Always inside – looking out

Never outside – looking in

The way others know us

Is only deep as skin.

So much more to us –

Than outside looking in

can ever reveal to others –

We’re so much more than skin.

For if we truly know ourselves –

It’s such a weighty task

That most won’t undertake it

It’s way too much to ask.

So, before you judge another –

From the outside looking in –

Be sure you know yourself

And what truly lies within.

~January 2005