Kindness

Kindness

Jonathan Chan

what ferments when the quiet stirrings cease
as stillness comes upon a wrestling heart
the gift of knowing each day to receive
so fullness overflows in every part –
the dormitory floors that catch our cries,
the boiling pots that nourish aching heads,
the cups of coffee shared in every try,
the messages that soften morning dread,
the hands that clasp another’s trembling,
the firm embrace of learning how to grieve,
the company that holds unravelling
and slowly waits in learning to believe.
when mercy drifts to daylight once again,
we hold Your mottled hands and call You friend.

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Jonathan Chan
Poet & Writer

Jonathan has been published by Quarterly Literary Review Singapore & Poems for Ephesians

Photography by Melody Joy