Rommy from Poets and Storytellers United, asked us to write poetry or prose about someone who made an impression on you as a child.
I don't have any memories of people who made an impression on me when I was a child. I can remember many after that. They had all one thing in common: kindness
Kindness
Many special
people added
colour and music to the ordinary
essence of my life and turned it
into moments of magic
This shines through in
the way the song of the bus sounds
since the bus driver made me smile
under the closing curtains of clouds
This shines through in
the purple and pink hues of my spirit
after a teacher praised the fruit of my perseverance
Many promises popped up on my path
This shines through in
the way a room lights up like a wood fire
after a doctor gave me attention and care
I nestled myself in the warmth of his words
This shines through in
the way the wind makes the leaves spin
after a musician spurred me on to dance
I peeled the skin of the fruit of life and tasted joy
Spread your feathered wings of kindness
Be the hands and hearts that heal
Change the world one smile at the time
It will be the dew on the flowers of your life
Marja Blom