I Chose To Look The Other Way

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今天，在观看安全短片的时候，我看到了这么一首诗，是Don Merrell写的。看后，很受感触。的确，当你注意到别人处在危险之中的时候，你要时刻的提醒别人，不要害怕会伤害到自己，不要害怕会受到不屑的职责，很有可能，你的提醒，就会挽救一个生命。作者就是在选择了一次视而不见之后，眼看着一个生命陨落的。他很后悔，在后来的日子里，也在自责，所以从那以后，不管别人理不理解，他都主动地提出善意的提醒。不再把安全隐患视而不见。

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 didn’t 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 by;

He knew the risks as well as I.

He took the chance, I closed an 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 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.”

by: Don Merrill