Please, Be Kind
Navigating this labyrinth of life
Can be daunting as to baffle the
Most brilliant of minds. But
No matter how cruel or challenged
The pathway, there is never a reason
To fail to be kind.
Compete if you must,
Disagree if you will and
Argue a point to the edge of perdition
In voices emphatic,
Tempered with monotone,
Ladled with logic and
Braced by tradition.
No reason to battle, beat or berate
When confronted with a cold controversialchoice.
Sound sensibility, patience and poise
Can seek resolution wrapped calmly, sansnoise.
And when, in the end, there is pause toreflect,
May it always be true that we find
Through the mush and the mosh of
The wallow and wash
We made the choice to be kind.
