RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS

RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS

I am not used to random acts of kindness,

To smiling faces, to a hand reached out.

I mostly see an unveiled curiosity,

Or glances strafing past my small frame.

Instead of growing thick skin, I have developed

The art of friendly smiling to perfection.

Which, in turn, receives replies in kindness.

Unexpected too, small smiles, a shoulder touched.

I wheel among them, nigh unnoticed, a path

always opens itself for me, a river split without

anyone having to announce that will happen.

That one day this small girl stood right in front

of me, with her endearing curiosity and her bear.

I smiled and ticced as is my habit, to which

she smiled and handed me her bear.

Such kindness!

And then she said: "You can hold

him for a while if I can ride in your chair"

:)

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February 3, 2017

4th place in Contest: Random Acts of Kindness