Heart Warming

All is not doom and gloom No matter what the papers say; Acts of love and kindness shine Like shafts of sunlight amid the grey. “Every cloud has a silver lining” Is an oft repeated, positive phrase That keeps us hopeful and enduring In harsh and snowy winter days. I watched and pondered as a little sparrow Foraged among dead leaves for a meal, He busied himself to find a morsel of bread That no bully starling did steal. And when he succeeded in his quest A widow from her window did smile To see him enjoy his little treat, Yes, it warmed her heart for a while. I also saw, just the other day A child in a pram, purple with rage Squealing like a little mouse Trapped inside a cruel steel cage. He couldn’t be pacified it seemed Until a man knelt down, knee-high, And gave him a red balloon – Well, in an instant it dried his eye! These were merely two occasions Where kindness won victories, And it would warm many more hearts If T.V. reported events like these.