Scratch the Surface

I saw a teen girl who laughed to loud

We all though he a little crazy

We didn’t scratch her surface

We were just a little lazy

Then when they found the note

Our guilt was hard to bear

Her laughter was her cry for help

From the abuse she lived in fear

A senior never complained of life

The way society let him down

Always had a friendly word for all

You’d never seen him wear a frown

When he died they found the cans

Of pet food in his kitchen cupboard

We didn’t scratch his outer ego

It was much easier left ignored

I went to lunch with an old friend

He called me out of the blue

Said her life was going great

I guess I wanted to believe it too

When the final divorce papers came

They found her lying all alone

Perhaps if I’d scratched a little deeper

She may have picked up her phone

The lord gives us lots of chances

To reach out to each others hearts

We may have to scratch the surface

Find a way to reach their hurting parts

Like Jesus did on his road to Cavalry

He scratched the surface often

Let him be an example to us all

The load of others we may soften.