Random Acts of Kindness by auntietk
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Random Acts of Kindness
Quite often
Hubby makes coffee
Before I get up
It's a small joy
A bit of kindness
Perking in the pot
A simple thing
Always appreciated
Born of intimacy
And understanding
You have to know your audience
Today a stranger
Being kind
Asked if I would mind
If she turned on
Christmas music
I agreed
Being polite
Assuming it was she
Who wanted to listen
But she turned it on
Walked away
Left me unable
To enjoy my book
It had been done
As a kindness
Keeping me company
While I waited
I gritted my teeth
Through song after song
Until I could bear it
No
Longer
Pushed every button
Finally
Got the damned thing
Shut off
It makes me wonder
How often
I miss the mark
........................................
The December Writer's Gallery Challenge Topic is "Random Acts of Kindness." It's not a contest, just a challenge to see what we can come up with given a single topic and a limited amount of time. Everyone is welcome to participate! If you've got anything to say on the subject, feel free to write a little something yourself and post it in the Writer's Gallery!
Many thanks to Jeff, our wonderful Moderator, for coming up with these topics every month. You're the best, Jeff! :)
Comments (16)
LOL - hey it coulda been worse...... It could have been hip-hop/rap.... A really fun bit of prose, Tara - made me smile! :-D
Interesting. I liked it!
Delightfully Beautiful,
When I was a boy, my grandfather would put the coffee on to peculate. He would then carefully make a try with my grandmothers various diabetic medication, and take the coffee in and wake her up. I'm sure that was a daily act of kindness. Of course what I remember is always waking to the smell of coffee. And yes, coffee became an important part of my life. I have tried so many types. There were other parts of the morning routine; the sound of his little radio in the bathroom playing the country station and him running out to the phone to call in his answer to the daily trivia question. And of course the aqua velva scent permeating the house after he was done getting ready for work.... I'm sure I started this paragraph with a point that I no longer remember what it was...
Very interesting subject and response. Sometimes those RAoK aren't really needed after all as you so nicely pointed out
What a wonderful and warmly humorous example of the human condition. Made me think of times I've been stuck. "Would you like some of my grandmother's famous casserole?" So you take some "to be polite". And then you take a bite and find it is horrible. So what do you do with a mouth full of swill?
so wonderful and merry Christmas
You describe so elegantly the sheer horribleness of the situation. What was she thinking? I had to suffer a 'festive' swim yesterday, Christmas music in the pool. Not possessing earplugs I did the whole half mile back crawl with my ears underwater. I may give today a miss...back to silence on the 27th.
Thank you for sharing these lovely tidbits. I especially like the one about the morning coffee. :)
I enjoyed this... every morning I get up to make coffee for Chrissy and I.... :-)
Wonderful writing Tara. God bless.
I always make the morning drink, and as for the Christmas songs, they bore me rigid, so samey and cheesy. Much prefer Deep purple, Yes, or a bit JT :) with the occasional Rush and others.
Hah. Interesting look at two sides of perceived kindness. One who knows and understands and the other who thinks they understand and want everyone to know how kind they are.
LOL, exhausting days for all... hehe, this morning salmon on toast and 1 glass of champagne- so nice to be alone with us again, had big family dinner yesterday... pfffff cooking and looking for 12!
Well said.
I had a little giggle here. I can accept the first, as I do most mornings hear a little puzzle in the kitchen and when I am ready to have breakfast, my bun is toasted and the water hot for my tea and that is HIGHLY appreciated. Hubby was there :) But I doubt I could be happy in the second part. Well, I would have accepted ONE Christmas song, as it could have been worse, as RodS also wrote, such as heavy rock or Hiphop :)