Cheating Kindness

First you will realize the meaning,
When you mistake its implication
To be kindness wrapped up in a bow.

Suddenly you know what you're seeing,
Their lies underneath all the fabrication,
Where cheating is all they will know.

You're outside the circle that's breeding
The stereotypes they express not in desperation,
To be kindness wrapped up in a bow.

You'll yearn to step into the circle in needing
To be accepted despite valid hesitation,
Where cheating is all they will know.

Still that door will stay closed to your silent hurting,
And you'll rise above their narrow rejection,
To be kindness wrapped up in a bow.

Turning away, you will find inner healing,
Leaving it in the past of yesterday,
To be kindness wrapped up in a bow,
Where cheating is all they will know.

02.23.15
©Kerri L. Stanley

Truth

Together, alone, and mostly apart
We go in and out through our days
Connecting only now and again
As the past we once had will still fade
Malice has no place in our homes
Yet you will poke the hornet nest in the tree
And misjudge what you want to believe
Casting doubt for others to see
That the stones you have thrown will fall
By the ditch where I fell and now lay
Will uncloud my mind to the truth
That wasn't real at all yesterday
Perhaps your vision is a sign
It defines the person I see
I'm nothing of value to you
As ever you don't want me to be

04.07.13