A little kindness never hurts;
helps heal and often mends.
Your care soothes and diverts
pain of family or friends.
A little kindness never hurts.
When helping those with needs-
sad frown to smile converts.
Gifts of words or deeds
by selfless acts, comfort reasserts.
A little kindness never hurts.
Your gifts- large or small;
a card, dinner, fresh desserts-
or just visits can enthrall.
This giving of yourself asserts-
a little kindness never hurts.
The gift of kindness can't be seen
nor wrapped up as a gift-like scene;
a salve that comforts- pain diverts;
The act of kindness never hurts.
This gift to uplift those with needs:
to take the time with words or deeds,
and watch how- frown to smile converts-
The act of kindness never hurts.
Soft, loving touch on arm or hand-
to help them know we understand.
Each heartfelt gesture reasserts-
The act of kindness never hurts.
All gifts of kindness, large or small-
for just a while- can please, enthrall.
With gifts of time, our care asserts-
The act of kindness never hurts.
A little kindness never hurts...
in fact, it helps to heal and mend;
a salve that comforts and diverts
pain in a loved one or a friend.
I try to uplift those with needs...
a little kindness never hurts;
to take the time with words or deeds,
and watch how frown to smile converts.
My heartfelt gesture reasserts...
soft loving touch on arm or hand.
A little kindness never hurts
to help one know I understand.
My gifts of kindness, large or small...
a homemade card, a meal, desserts,
for just a while can please, enthrall.
A little kindness never hurts.
November 26, 2018
~1st Place~
Contest: A Little Kindness Never Hurts
Sponsor: Brenda Chiri
Judged: 12/10/2018
Strolling along Myrtle Beach
Collecting shells in the sand
The waves become hypnotic
And the mood moves into grand.
So many thoughts and memories
Come rushing back with the waves
Thoughts that flood and can’t be stopped,
Some get panned, but some are raves.
Again and again
They flow in and out
Life reliving every decision
Life reliving every doubt.
Then sanity reasserts
For the mind knows what it knows
And hypnosis grinds to a halt
With the sand between my toes.
By E. Marshall Evans
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