I make my way towards the grocery store, take my place in the line
I felt a tug, my wallet was gone, empty in my pocket.
“STOP!”  I Scream, Swiftly, turn my head
I look and run, away from the grocery shed
There he runs, dodging others, the thief
Then, oh! twists his leg, and falls, to my disbelief
Stretching my hand, I offered to help
A stranger nearby says “Welp, Let him be punished, haul your wallet out”
“shouldn’t we help all, irrespective of action?” said I. Then the stranger shouted:
“NO! Be rude to rude, kind to kind”
‘if others are rude, don’t end the cycle. If others kind, copy’ thought I. Oh! Never mind
And, I went on, walking….
My chain of thoughts, broken, by the rumbling tummy
I then realize my hunger, slowly and eventually
A huge doughnut shop,
I feel excited, my mind doing a happy hop
then I realize the emptiness of my pocket
just after, I’m saved by my friend, Mr. Brownbay rocket
he lends me some money
I buy a doughnut of vanilla and honey
Then, I see, a boy, poor and ragged,
With his large, pleading eyes, and clothes that sagged
Without a thought, I give my doughnut in his hand,
He smiles, a grateful smile, which I can understand
Then, Brownbay, my friend, yells out loud and clear-
“OH! You fool, what will you eat? Don’t you have the fear,
Of an empty stomach?” then he storms away.
But, at least a hungry stomach was filled,
Somebody’s, not mine, but still
Again, I continued walking….
Soon, overcrowded was the street
People, people, one could not see one’s feet
I bend, to tie my shoelace, “Oh! careful!” I say
As a woman pushes me deliberately, and then, hurries away
A stranger nearby said - “What! Just a polite ‘be careful’? She pushed you!”
I asked, innocently “Well, then what should I do?”
Said the stranger “A push, is faced with a hit, not words, this you should know”
“but we should respond, not react,” said I. “OH!”
And, I continued walking.
To everyone, I had been kind.
But every stranger just tells- don’t mind,
Cause kindness doesn’t work every time,
Remember this, for a lifetime
But, I felt happy, within, for whatever I did
It gave me happiness, the feeling that I could never get rid
I thought, was pleasing people more needed,
Or pleasing your heart, because happiness and kindness, are all where it Leads.

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