Only Kindness Matters

 Is it so wrong to be polite,

is courtesy now mortal sin?

Are we caged weasels set to fight,

at any cost to win?

Is 'in your face' the watchword now,

with snarky comments as the rule?

Are cruelties the best way how

to approach a verbal duel?

Is it to late for us to see

that what divides us does not mean

we can't agree to disagree?

Is decency a fading dream

from those long-past golden years

limned in mem'ry's bitter tears?

The Five Minute Friday prompt this week is DEFEAT. It won't beat me.

If we won't have civility,

and pay respect that's only meet,

we will forfeit the victory 

that we sought, and taste defeat

that will bring us to the place

of rude slave-state nations,

trading out our gift of grace

'gainst loudmouth protestations,

daily bread of those who would divide

folk more similar than not

to puff up their swelling pride

until all blessings we have got

are cast into sulphuric fire

that will rise, and rise the higher.

Three minutes, got it.

Music from Jewel, with, obviously, Only Kindness Matters 

The song is actually called Hands, but who remembers that?

Sylvia really dislikes conflict, especially over ice cream.