I Am Gone Poem by Randy McClave

I wasn't blind, but I wouldn't see
All the sadness that was happening about me,
It doesn't take eyesight for anyone to comprehend
When a soul just needs to mend.

I wasn't deaf, but I still wouldn't hear
All the sadness and the fear,
I placed my fingers in my ears when people would talk
Then I turned my back and away I would walk.

I had a tongue, but I would not speak
Even when the truth I knew that others did seek,
When there was a problem I did not care
As long as I wasn't involved, I had no despair.

I had two legs, but I stood still
When someone needed help and I could heal,
I didn't use my legs to help or save
I just used them to turn around and walk away.

I had two arms at my side
But, to help others I didn't, I did backslide,
Even knowing with great assistance I could have gave
Goodbye to them I would just wave.

I once had a body, but now I am dead
A sermon above me has just been read,
God had given me a soul and a body to help everyone
But, now I am forgotten and gone.

Randy L. McClave