Speak and hear

[Female] Sorry, but I’m here to call you out. Are you really listening or just waiting to speak?

[Female] We talk, but are we truly heard?

[Female] In a world of noise, who catches every word?

[Male] We build our walls to keep our beliefs intact,

[Male] But if both our walls fall, could we bridge that gap?

Or is it your own voice that holds you back?

[Female] No need to shift, just learn to explore,

[Female] Find the spectrum beyond the closed doors.

[Male] Pause to listen, let new paths be shown,

[Male] Uncover the places where empathy’s grown.

If you use that moment to listen, maybe you’ll find,

A bridge where thoughts can align.

[Female] Admit it, you don’t really listen

[Male joins] Admit it, you don’t really listen

[Female] Speak and hear with an open mind, let us see—

What they show is just a part; can you see the whole?

[Male] There’s more to a view than what we know,

What we think we know

[Female] In every word, something new to unfold.

[Male] If we take the time, let understanding take hold.

Together we learn, as we know we should,

building bridges with each truth, finding common good.

[Female] It’s not just about you or me; it’s about us.

Every one of us!

[Male] Anchors hold, but they also confine—

[Male] Letting go might help us breach that divide.

[Female] What of the paths in another’s view?

[Voice 1: Female] What if we looked, just to see what we could do?

[Male] It’s not to change what you know inside,

[Male] But to see what might happen with a heart open wide.

Find the strength to step outside

[Female] Not about agreeing or changing your heart,

[Female] But understanding where we each start.

[Male] Not to surrender, nor bending your views,

[Male] But finding the courage to walk in new shoes—

Shoes scuffed by views we once refused to see.

Speak and hear, not to win but to see,

There’s more in the silence, in what we could be.

In every sentence, a piece to unfold—

if we wait, let the dialogue mold.

Growth takes time with each step we dare,

Deeper understanding grows when we care.

Trace the cracks where walls once stood,

build new bridges from salvaged stone.

It takes time; it’s not overnight

[Male] Pause in the silence, let thought take flight,

[Male] Not to cast blame, but to seek insight.

[Female] In these moments we intersect,

a path where all hearts can connect.

Can you find where empathy ignites?

Speak and hear with a mind open wide,

There’s more to uncover when we let go of pride.

In every exchange, potential unfolds—

if we take time, let understanding be bold.

Be bold!

[Female] We tear down the mortar, stone by stone,

[Male] Save every brick that we can hone.

Together we’ll build as bridges are found

from the bricks of walls that crumble down.

Show me you mean it