Poetry
Little Things
Do you think you know the gravity of kindness?
Do you know the agony of heartache?
Have you felt a friend betray you,
like a hard stab in the back?
What you considered the most important thing in your life,
what you thought would never leave...
Did they leave?
You’re thinking your world is over.
Between the stress of life in general,
And all other “dreadful” things happening,
How will you- how can you move on?
You’re looking for a smile.
A joke.
Anything to make you happy.
No one seems to care.
No one seems to notice.
Why don’t people pay attention to you?
Walking down the hall, you continue to have these thoughts.
Everyone walks past you, staring down at their feet.
Except for one.
You’ve never talked to him, never acknowledged him, pretended he was a ghost.
But he looks at you, and smiles.
He. Cares.
Now you realize how just one, random person made you feel like you were in different universe.
So why don’t more people do tiny things like this?
That question has yet to be answered.
But you do know that a smile that took one second,
Changed your whole perspective on life.
The way the wind blows
Before you know what kindness really is
You must lose battles
Talk to darkness
Feel the scratches and burns of betrayal
Hear the person say it to your face-
Your not needed
You must lose people you love
You must watch and watch
seeing the same thing every time
No change
No love
No hope.
Before you spread kindness
You must know hardship
as the other deepest thing
You must wake up with hardship
You must feel it till your last breath-
speaks to you.
Then it is only kindness that makes sense anymore
Kindness that makes people smile
makes you tell that person they are appreciated,
that they are loved,
that they are amazing.
Kindness is the only one
who stands out in a room filled with regular people,
who is payed attention to,
who changes people’s lives,
And who lets people see the light at the end of the tunnel
Kindness is our future.