What if all you could offer the world
was kindness?
to a week that starts in
wonder and worry
and quickly descends into
chaos and confusion
disappointment and
disbelief
and you find yourself
unable to sleep
suddenly everything is
LOUD AND BOISTEROUS
AND FEAR IS BEING FED
FROM ALL SIDES
and we are left searching
for places to
hide
What if all you could offer the world
was kindness?
but you have been sent
spinning
by visions of a growing
UNcommon sense
and blatant unkindness
you can, if allowed
begin to shrivel
in fear
and start to roll up
the edges of your
tender heart
but,
What if all you could offer the world
was kindness?
then you pause
for remembrance
look into weathered faces
and think of all that was given
you feel for a friend cherishing a brother
lost
much too soon to cancer
and you
remember him
you look to Joy
and celebrate life
as another friend, welcomes a new grandson
you share laughter
and tears
and here
once again, you
ground yourself in
Love
and you willingly open
your heart
wide
you choose to
breathe in, in
deep cleansing breaths
and exhale
slowly
to the beat of your
heart
and you turn off
the noise
of the world
and instead pay attention
to the cardinal
as it taps at the window
watch a golden leaf
as it drifts rhythmically
gently
and delicately
to
rest
on the ground
and
you feel the delicious soothing warmth
of a kiss
and a smile
I understand, ‘but it’s not right…’
and ‘it’s not fair’
and ‘we can’t take this’
I understand …
but,
what if all you could offer the world
was kindness?
then somehow
with
open mind
and
open hands
and
open heart
in this gift
you find
your peace ♥