Gentleness of LOVE <br />Gentleness of look <br />Gentleness of touch <br />Gentleness of word <br />Gentleness of attitude <br />Please, please be gentle with me! <br /> <br />Please love me gently <br />Please regard me gently <br />Please massage me gently <br />Please message me gently <br />Please consider me gently <br />Please, please be gentle with me! <br /> <br />Agression inLOVE <br />Agression in look <br />Agression in touch <br />Agression in word <br />Agression in attitude <br />Please, please don't be agressive with me! <br /> <br />Yesterday attitudes were gentle <br />Today attitudes are agressive <br />Yesterday it was LOVE <br />Today it is LUST <br />Yesterday was peaceful <br />Today is turmoil! <br /> <br />Gentleness - where did it go? <br />Peacefulness - why did it disappear? <br />Lovliness - how did it die? <br />Joyfulness - when did it evaporate? <br />Reason - who who ostracised it? <br />Freedom -who ended it? <br /> <br />Pride and Prejudice have come <br />Humility and Helpfulness have gone. <br />Greed and Grabitall have come <br />Grace and Generosity have gone <br />Every man for HIMSELF <br />Every woman for HERSELF (God forbid!) <br /> <br />Can we ever - turn back the clock? <br />Can we ever - restore the equilibrium? <br />Can we ever - return to pastures green? <br />Can we really - tear down the concrete? <br />Can we really replace it - with the abstract? <br />Can we ever return to the 'Age of Gentleness'?<br /><br />John Knight<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/gentleness-a-lost-virtue/
