I do not believe in the saying that one to be kind must be cruel <br />Though such a phrase suits those who abuse their rule <br />The logic in this I do struggle to find <br />How can anybody who is cruel be kind? <br />Perhaps the point here somehow I seem to miss <br />Like Judas he betrayed Jesus with a kiss <br />Perhaps for our every thought there has to be fuel <br />Can one say of him he was kind to be cruel? <br />Can one say of Judas he knew how to pretend <br />He was kind to be cruel could one call one like him a friend? <br />Kind to be cruel or cruel to be kind <br />In the best of people some deception you'll find <br />Cruel to be kind make of that what you may <br />You can look at it in any sort of way.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/cruel-to-be-kind-or-kind-to-be-cruel/
