Some Kindness

 

Thinking about just how we got here

By taking the long way around

Paying high cost

To the toll bridge of lost

On the journey to find path to found

 

Feeding upon all the stories we tell

Of wounds healed and scars that remain

inside voices keep yelling

No shame in the telling

For the words wash away in the rain

 

Striving to keep the soul candle lit

Praying it guides us on through

Returns our reflection

To point out direction

And shows us the right thing to do

 

Alone in the choices that shape us

Fear veiling each truth from its real

We get a little more wise

Trying to reduce the size

Of the heartaches we can’t bear to feel

 

I wish I could find all the answers

When the heart gets beaten too much

But the more the scar burns

The more the soul yearns

For some kindness, a whisper, a touch

 

                                   s. paul  (April 2020)