Kindness Is Fruit One May Easily Give

Kindness Is Fruit One May Easily Give

Give kind words to one in desperate need
till the hungry ground for a fertile crop.
A life can be saved by casting that seed
yielding forth sweet fruits that may never stop.

Each new day, look for the good to be done
by shining light on others in dark night.
Salvation tis' not measured by the ton
but by the greatness of pure love's bright light.

Planting hope's first crop and seeing it grow
often the greatest treasure one may find.
Do that for faith and love, and not for show
be thee blessed and rewarded in kind.

Kindness is fruit one may easily give.
True journey and path to forever live.

R. J. Lindley
Aug. 12th 1976

Syllables Per Line: 	10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 10 10
Total # Syllables: 	140
Total # Lines: 	15  (Including empty lines)
Words with (syllables) counted programmatically: 	 N/A
Total # Words: 	112
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016


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Date: 9/18/2016 10:30:00 PM
Wonderful advice...brilliantly done.. Jenni
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Date: 8/2/2016 11:38:00 AM
Really great ! Much needed poem !
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Date: 7/30/2016 1:20:00 AM
True wisdom here, Its one thing to read the words, quite another to know the poet walks the walk! Great poem from a great poet!
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Date: 7/29/2016 10:29:00 PM
Very nice!
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