The old virtues will see us right

No act of kindness is ever wasted.

Beautiful eyes look for the good in others

Our words should only encourage

Others in times of trouble, to convince them

That though this planet is alone in space

We, its inhabitants, should never be alone.

Beautiful mouths will pass on kindnesses

To those bereaved or in need of reassurance. 

Knock upon the doors of those who've been

Left behind and let the simple virtues: decency

Lovingkindness speak only words of kindness;

For kindness is the language the deaf can hear

The blind can see. We are all  interconnected,

No man is an island and the ripples of acts

Of kindness make this universe our home. 

If every heart was open, if people had the strength

To show their souls: misunderstandings, hurt, violence

Would evaporate as we learnt to recognize ourself

Not only in those we love but in the frailties of strangers.

 

. .