a different kind
a different kind
parent in Gaza
loses nine of ten children,
three countries to take
over the world
I turn from
the bludgeoning news
let reporting reflect
on the stranger saving
a drowning old man,
nuthatch walking
head-first down the trunk,
fireman bandaging
a child’s hurt knee
bring me miracles,
oddities and hope,
kindness lining
the nest of the day
Let the little kindnesses always save us from the tyranny of the hurtful.
Truth in poems, news!
Yes, let reporting reflect
goodness still happens.