Kindness

Kindness is smile Kindness is helping hand Kindness is encouraging words Kindness is glue that bind us First year in America I had a teacher in high school Miss Rouelle was her name She used her lunch hours To teach me English Good morning, she said I looked at her Not knowing how to respond She smiled Repeat what I just said Good morning She told me to write about My father and mother My brothers and sisters My country during WWII and Korean War I wrote in broken English She returned my writings With corrections all over But she never laughed at how I wrote Instead, she said Your writing is improving everyday It happened more than 60 years ago I still carry my deep gratitude To Miss Rouelle Who used her lunch hours To teach me English Thank you, Miss Rouelle Thank you for your kindness