I Am Willing to Feel Gentleness

I am willing
Willing
Willing to feel
Feel
Feel gentleness
Gentleness
Gentleness in my heart
My heart
I am willing to feel gentleness in my heart.

After a long time of creating walls
Walls
Walls between myself and others
Walls
Walls between the parts of myself
Walls
Walls between my body and my mind
Walls
I am willing to feel gentleness in my heart.

After months of building walls
After
After numbing with food, books, TV, hurry, crisis
After
After feeding the frost of winter in my soul
After
I am willing to feel gentleness in my heart.

I am willing to feel gentleness toward myself
Gentleness toward imperfection and weakness
Gentleness
Gentleness toward strengths and gifts
Gentleness
I am willing to feel gentleness in my heart.

I am willing to feel gentleness toward the world
Gentleness toward the sick and the well
Gentleness
Gentleness toward the weak and the strong
Gentleness
Gentleness toward those who want to give up
And toward those whose overreaching harms others
Gentleness
I am willing to feel gentleness in my heart.