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Old 03-04-2004, 07:02 PM
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Default I Chose To Look The Other Way

I could have saved a life that day,
But I chose to look the other way.
It wasn't that I did not care
I had the time and I was there.

But I didn't want to seem a fool,
Or argue over a safety rule.
I knew he'd done the job before,
If I spoke up he might get sore.

The chances didn't seem that bad;
I'd done the same, he knew I had.
So I shook my head and walked on by;
He knew the risks as well as I.

He took the chance, I closed my eye;
And with that act, I let him die.
I could have saved a life that day,
But I chose to look the other way.

Now every time I see his wife,
I know I should have saved his life.
That guilt is something I must bear;
But it isn't something you need to share.

If you see a risk that others take,
That puts their health or life at stake,
The question asked or thing you say,
Could help them live another day.

If you see a risk and walk away,
Then hope you never have to say,
I could have saved a life that day,
But I chose to look the other way.
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Old 03-05-2004, 10:33 AM
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