KINDNESS

Kindness is the name of the story
that tells of a stray dog
with a fractured limb
fed, bathed, brushed
and loved.

Kindness is the gospel
that takes the wretched
to a land of no suffering
and pain, and tears
even if just for a while.

Kindness is the loose change
that completes the deal
between two souls.
A deal left incomplete
brings out arms.

Kindness is the song
that sings of love, for all.
color, age, status, caste, religion,
language and sexuality
no bars, just love.

Kindness is the compass
that sets sail a sailor of life
towards a sunken ship
with a life-jacket
and a bottle of fresh water.

Kindness sometimes rises in the west
to set in the east
on the days
it leaves its orbit
to visit cold miserable Pluto.