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The struggle with the problems of life, 
Daily steals our bliss,
Seldom seeing farther than phone at the 
End of our arm.

Our dramas revolve around the imagined 
Theft of a kiss,
Or the exaggerated events in the news, 
Showing harm.

We fail to consider, that we are looking 
Out at events
Through a dirty window, the images are 
All distorted.
Reality is seldom what we see; 
Not what life presents,
What our spirit sees and craves, 
Is by our own minds aborted.

To let your mind’s eye see; clean off that 
Spiritual window,
Remove the dirt of hate and envy, 
Wipe off the rain of tears.
When you see more clearly, that the 
World with beauty billows,
The crystalline light of love shines through the clouds
And the sky clears.
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## _“Dirty Windows”_
<sup>by</sup>
_Jerry E Smith_
©2/26/17
[Felix Russell Saw](https://pixabay.com/photos/people-girl-woman-talking-phone-2574260/)
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