A genuine act of kindness
Done with a tender fondness
To push another’s suffering away
To worries, concerns n fears allay
Always returns a hefty thank you
One that’s filled with lots of value
Expressed in thoughts words n deeds
Giving gratitude the shape it needs
Thus like what a mirror does
The act of kindness begets a thank you
Beautiful as it may seem thus
Like a circle completed for you
What started with you, ends with you
Alas, the wonderful fragrance of gratitude
Locked into a circle of ‘us’
Although beautiful, it’s beatitude subdued
A genuine act of kindness
Always returns a hefty thank you
Unlike a mirror that gets back to you
Turn it away, far away from you.
Refuse the thank you, gently n humbly
Revel not being praised n thanked fondly
The fragrance of gratitude be carried forward
Flower to flower like the bee onward
You accept it and you lock it
Refuse it, free it, n ask it be deflected
Into yet another act of genuine kindness
Thus the circle is broken n the chain begins…..
After thoughts,
corona is the chain to be broken
kindness is the chain to be started
compassion is the circle to be broken
_________ is the circle to be started ?
(Whats your answer to fill in the blank?)
Beautiful Manoj, as always!!!
Passing kindness would have made this world much more better place to live..
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How the personification of gratitude is expressed in poem is marvelous.
Here another thought came to mind that Circle has limited purview where as the chain has infinite and immense Value.
Always be blessed for your reflective writings.
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That’s the way to live gratitude. Awesome!
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Humanity and mutual safety is the circle to be started.
🙏
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