My Kindness

My Kindness

A Poem by Arly Parent

My Kindness ended 
not with a whimper
but with a bang

People died

Hearts were broken
Innocence was speared
tears were shed
and the complacent were left defenseless
the truth of their fragility laid clear and bare


A good man died that day


Limbs were shattered
None were left with a leg to stand on
Except one who walked away

© 2013 Arly Parent


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very dark and quite frightening..

Posted 11 Years Ago


You can feel the sorrow in this write...

My kindness ended....

Sometimes we have to find it in our hearts to forgive..... but nothing will ever stop one from forgetting....

Very poignant write and well penned..



Posted 11 Years Ago


Arly Parent

11 Years Ago

Thanks for reading. You're getting to the core of it but I'll say that...sometimes...all you DO is f.. read more
Yellow Butterfly

11 Years Ago

I hear you...
Powerful language.

As if a lack of chaos depended on that one narrator's Kindness.

I like the white space that you left around the one liners "People died" and "A good man died that day."

Posted 11 Years Ago


wow! very good write!! :)

Posted 11 Years Ago



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Added on February 24, 2013
Last Updated on February 26, 2013
Tags: Kindness, Weary, World-weary, Fatigue, Complacency, Appreciation

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Arly Parent
Arly Parent

Lantana, FL



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There's nothing about me. I play with pauses as well as silence. I write words, assign meanings and junk, and play with a language that might be as much my own as another. I don't know. more..

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