Kindness

the world has not 
been kind to you;
you have been
hardened and 
ostracized so much 
you can barely 
recognize yourself

it takes a lot of
courage to admit 
you aren’t the person
you wanted to be 
and people change 

you have not known kindness
but i can change that
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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