<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><font class="">Returning to Kindness </font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am returning to kindness</div><div class="">a place where I am strong in my softness</div><div class="">I will start by kissing all of my scars</div><div class="">and washing them in rain</div><div class="">collecting dust from long journeys off my feet. <br class=""></div><div class="">The way they carry weariness <br class=""></div><div class="">from crossing rivers that should</div><div class="">have had bridges.</div><div class="">I will return to build crossing <br class=""></div><div class="">paths over waters</div><div class="">that reminded me to <br class=""></div><div class="">be kind</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Tapiwa Mugabe</div><div class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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