The poem is a plea to notice and help those less fortunate in society, such as beggars, cripples, and the homeless. It describes how the speaker struggles with their conscience when others tell them not to give money to beggars, as they see themselves in those people. The final lines emphasize that we are all one humanity and should help each other reach our spiritual home, as in another life our roles could be reversed. The poem calls on people to notice those in need and see their souls within their eyes.

1. NOTICE ME
Did you ever stop at all to think
What you’d want to be when grown?
When you leave the comfort of your home
And strike out on your own.
Each day I pass the people who
Sweep streets and domestic staff
Sidewalk vendors line the roads
Alongside whom we call riff raff.
Beggars, cripples, young and old.
With hands outstretched for alms
I’m moved more oftentimes than not
To put rupees in their palms.
“Don’t do that! You mustn’t give!”
I’m told by those who see.
How can I heed all that they say,
For there go you and me.
I wrestle with my conscious mind
The purpose of their plight.
As in this world I do my best,
To shine my inner light.
It’s all I have to soothe a soul
A smile, an act of kindness
For in the eyes of those I meet
There is no room for blindness
NOTICE ME!!!
NOTICE ME, for We are ONE
Of all that is Humanity.

2. Different colours, tongues and race
This is not profanity.
But God’s Love for us to help us reach
The portals of our Home
Notice me for I am YOU
So please do not bemoan
For we in this moment opportune
Are receiving a chance at which
To see our souls within their eyes
OR in another life, we’ll switch.
NOTICE ME!
Maxine Alexandra Bernadette Murphy
February 14, 2016