Be Kind

Be Kind

It's hard

Everyone carries 

A heavy load

A tiresome

Painful burden

That's mysteriously 

Invisible 

Think about that

Even though

You can't see 

What someone endures

Be aware that

It's there

And it always feels 

Significant

To them 

Be Patient

It's important

No one can be

In the best of moods

All the time

So

Sometimes

The ones we know best

Will 

Release 

Big heaps

Of their stress

While we're around

Don't let one

Momentary lapse

Of composure

Define them 

Be Loving

And remember that love

Is giving

More than receiving

Giving with all of one's strength

And ALL 

Of one's 

HEART 

Think back to 

The way that 

Your parents loved 

YOU

When you had 

NOTHING

To offer 

But sighs and screams and

POOP

And the occasional 

Giggle

They loved 

So can you 

Be Polite

It helps

A World of 

Injured Souls

Is already cold

And harsh and forbidding 

We don't have to

Make it colder

By being callous 

Aloof 

Or cruel

Be True

Be steady

And sure

And ready

And Pure of Heart

In All

That you DO

And be open

When 

Kindness

Reaches out

To YOU

It will 

If you let it 

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