I CAN’T CHANGE YOU

I can’t change you, but only me.
Oh how I would that man could see.
I can’t change you, but only me.
And by the change I make in “I”
True brotherhood comes ever nigh.
For when in anger I judge you,
I lose the love I thought I knew.
And without love no man is right,
Nor can the truth be brought to light.
So when someone by what he said
Or did has caused you to see red,
If you really want to set it right,
Exhibit love instead of fight.
And in this way he’ll plainly see
He can’t change you, but only he.