Kindness may be a simple vanity,
I know some of you may struggle with this-
I do too, and to this I can't demur.
When I was young this was not a question in my mind,
And though I was not particularly kind, I was simple,
It was only after I decided to try to change myself,
No matter the cost...
That I was made aware of the darkness within.

On the bright side, however,
Some artists have made it abundantly clear to me:
In great failure comes simplicity.
And others say that the truth is that we are our own masters,
and that it doesn't matter how much time we have left,
only what we do with it.
So pessimism may be handy.
"Let heaven come slowly..." - Emily Dickinson