reminders to be kind...

i am returning to kindness

a place where I am strong in my softness.

i will start by kissing all of my scars and washing then in rain

collecting dust from long journeys off

my feet.

the way they carry weariness from crossing rivers that should have had bridges.

I will return to build crossing paths over waters that reminded me to be kind.

— reminders to be kind - Tapiwa Mugabe

Julia Hetta