What Matters

Render gently words of love,
All kindly thoughts and acts thereof,
The open hand proffer with faith,
In friendship wrought and not in hate.
No ill will keep, nor remembrance hold
Of all transgressions, light and bold.
Temper want with what you need
Let not selfishness take the lead,
Pride and arrogance by the wayside throw,
Your understanding to all bestow.
Be blind to the color of another man’s skin
For beneath the covering, you are his twin.
Perceive all life with great respect
And recompense, do not expect,
For every creature on this earth,
Has been entitled, since its birth.