Anyway Poem by Vanessa Dizon Alvarez

If kindness stirs, they may accuse,
Pretending hearts, or hidden ruse.
Yet let compassion light your way
Be kind, be true, -be kind anyway.

What you build with patient years,
Could fall apart through hands of peers.
Still raise your dreams, come what may,
Build with hope-build anyway.

The good you give may fade from sight,
Forgotten soon, though born of light.
Yet sow the seeds of love today,
Give your best -give anyway.

You may pour forth your finest part,
And still the world may guard its heart.
Though 'enough' may never stay,
Offer all- offer anyway.

If hope feels lost and faith runs thin,
The world may doubt the fire within.
Yet let your spirit rise each day,
Shine with love -shine anyway