Darkness and tragedy, <br />Happiness and light, <br />Wealth and plenty, <br />Emptiness and poverty; <br /> <br />In the end, <br />Only kindness survives, <br />Only the love that is genuine. <br /> <br />Everything gradually disappears, <br />Our fondness and our fear, <br />Our dreams and our disappointments, <br />But our sympathy for others <br />Remains alive in the universe <br />And provides eternal healing.<br /><br />Uriah Hamilton<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/eternal-healing/