Genuine Intention
By: Devin Cade

Looking back,
feeling so tired and tattered.
Reflecting on so many things.
Reflecting on, what might have mattered.

So many up’s, 
and still so many down’s. 
I regret to wonder how much I had to do with
all those smile traded frowns. 

If I could’ve offered,
the good solutions.
Instead of leaving too many,
to their own conclusions. 

This world would be nicer,
a domino effect in kind.
Doing right by someone,
can make a smile easier to find. 

A smile, "passing it on."
Is such a cool thought. 
Even if its simulated,
"You" gave it where it may have been sought.

Thus far, creating the chain reaction.
Helping to free one from their detention.
"Returning what was received."
From just "one"...Genuine Intention. 




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