She loves him to be kind
but laughs, he feels stupid
to stay kind and never hate
the one he loves, she laughs.

Her friends are courage
with words, he feels stupid
to say the words of love
they cannot understand, they talk.

Kindness has meaning of one
admiration, to feel only love
from another heart to harvest
the essence of life, not misery.

He is stupid or kind remaining
to see, her eyes to reflect
a blurred reflection of kindness
touching his heart, she leaves.

She wonders his kindness out
with heavy boots, he feels stupid
too long and thinks deeply the pain
of her footprints, the kind word is lost.

The winter is long outside her window
to feel, the snow is raising from his feet
freezing his stupid kindness from God
for being in the cold, she laughs.

The kind word is dead
in ice, she cried for a minute
but stops herself to forget how stupid
his kindness was, praying for love.

Kindness is the punishment tool
for daring, what love speaks
is rather stupid with no sense
to one brave soul who will risk to care.

How much degradation can be there?

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FIN

Roberto Palu