Kindness

Hope the next hands you hold are kinder
Than the ones that caged you until now
Please don’t look too badly on the past
Grow beyond this moment in time

Do not meet cruelty in kind, make yourself
Take a step back and settle down first
I know that this is harder than forgiveness
Perspective is all that matters to us

Anger can last, but so can charity, goodness
Can linger like a sweet taste on the tongue
Sugar that seems so fragile but melts so slow
Sitting warm in your heart and not letting go

Being kind is not the same as being weak

Because it takes so much strength to be gentle
To see something redeemable in everyone, or
Hold onto hope instead of drowning in despair