Who Am I

              I can’t avoid
        wounding others’ hearts with my words;
      oftentimes with sarcasm I do forget
        that what for me is jest
  is for others a bitter herb hard to swallow.
  It’s only later that I come to realize
    that I have caused somebody’s pain;
  then I, too, suffer and regret my tactlessness. . 

              So nowadays,
        when I engage in discussions,
      I take a deep breath and say a prayer  
        to be calm and be kind, 
  to respond gently and pick my words carefully, 
  to disagree without becoming offensive,
    or, when I consider it best,
  to choose silence, say nothing, and preserve the peace.

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