Humanity

I used to think my story was impossible to tell

Then I discovered kindness – humanity

It is in the gentle things – the soft touch of caring fingers

A smile in-between the silences- just knowing, perhaps

If we learn how to treat ourselves well

We can learn to love and honour the differences of others

It doesn’t require much thought

We all have pain – we all want it to be soothed – acknowledged

That is the spider’s web we all climb and fall, climb and fall from

It is best not to linger in the past

Rather, to keep walking, tiny steps at a time – move forward

If we are lucky there will be even more kindness on the path

Or maybe our own hearts will change into a lucky, green clover.