A WEB OF KINDNESS. (MAO)
The world-wide-web has sometimes cast
a nasty shadow in the past,
when trolls and bullies ply their trades
as they let rip with their tirades.
It’s sad to see this bad abuse
be used by some to thus traduce, (speak ill of someone)
to vilify and to defame
in what becomes a bully’s game.
Sometimes, when I have surfed the web,
I kind of feel my patience ebb,
especially when these bullies bring
their unkind comments to this thing.
However, I’ve found a platform
where kindness seems to be the norm,
and the contributors must care
about the kind posts they post there.
This is a site where people come
because they’ve lost use of their bum
so, now a stoma’s on their side
which sometimes is undignified.
It might seem easy to poke fun,
belittle or malign someone
who has a stoma, so that they
may have to pooh a different way.
But on this site, that I have found,
participants will rally-round,
supporting all their fellow friends
with kindness, which helps things to mend.
Thus, I must, with my pen portray
some of the things these people say,
so other people get the gist
that human kindness can exist.
Be Withers 2020
