Sometimes By Our Words Poem by Francis Duggan

Sometimes by our words we are known to deceive
But in truth we are only on what we believe
And if your thoughts tell you to do others ill
You most certainly can and you certainly will
The person with empathy never deliberately harms anyone
It is only those lacking in compassion bad things to others have done
Some on their lives journey on the road to enlightenment have lost their way
And violence towards others to them seems okay
Those with compassion for the suffering of others can empathize
And that their actions can cause grief and suffering to other people they do realize
You do not need to believe in a God for to know wrong from right
The gifts of compassion and empathy does come from insight
By your treatment of others you can make the World better to live in
Since kindness and compassion are born within.