Be Guided by Kindness

A haiku on choosing to be kind

By Jesse LeePublished about a month ago • 1 min read

Be kind. Please rewind.

In reflection time you find

reason for your rhyme

Haiku inspirational

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Jesse Lee

Poems and essays about faith, failure, love, and whatever’s still twitching after the dust settles. Dark humor, emotional shrapnel, occasional clarity, always painfully honest.

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Rowan Finley 10 days ago
Lovely! 😊
Colleen Waltersabout a month ago
Very nice haiku! 😊🌸

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