When lightning
Strikes a tree
It asks not
Permission
When raging fire
Consumes a forest
It asks not
Admittance
When biting frost
Freezes lungs
It asks not
Consent
When disease
Claims a body
It asks not
License
When anger
Burns a soul
It asks not
Acceptance
When negativity
Darkens a smile
It asks not
Allowance
When doubt
Shadows belief
It asks not
Assent
But they all hurt
Nonetheless.
People are often alarmingly nonchalant about what their emotions or outbursts do to others around them.
Your anger hurts them. Your sadness hurts them. Your carelessness hurts them. Your doubt hurts them.
Make a conscious effort to be responsible with your emotions. Discuss, don’t argue. Talk, don’t shout. Soothe, don’t aggravate. And let yourself forget, rather than make them remember the incident in a negative light. And if they’re silent, don’t take it for granted. Because you don’t want to bring it to a point where they stop caring.
Because they deserve better.
