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To Be Gentle
February 12, 2019
Your gentleness does not mean you are weak,
it means you are strong enough to see the world
with all its impurities and still
have the strength to be kind.
It means you insist on the possibility
of goodness even in the darkest corners,
the sharpest of smiles, and
the foulest of words.
And that is not naivety.
No, girl, you know exactly what they are,
but so few stare into a stranger's depths and see
the vulnerability lying beneath.
© Sarah Z., Mostaganem, Algeria
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This is something I wrote when others thought that I was naive for trying to see the good in people. Being gentle is a different kind of strength, one that should never be frowned upon, because sometimes that strength is just what a person needs.