John Knight - Gentleness a lost virtue?

Gentleness of LOVE
Gentleness of look
Gentleness of touch
Gentleness of word
Gentleness of attitude
Please, please be gentle with me!

Please love me gently
Please regard me gently
Please massage me gently
Please message me gently
Please consider me gently
Please, please be gentle with me!

Agression inLOVE
Agression in look
Agression in touch
Agression in word
Agression in attitude
Please, please don't be agressive with me!

Yesterday attitudes were gentle
Today attitudes are agressive
Yesterday it was LOVE
Today it is LUST
Yesterday was peaceful
Today is turmoil!

Gentleness - where did it go?
Peacefulness - why did it disappear?
Lovliness - how did it die?
Joyfulness - when did it evaporate?
Reason - who who ostracised it?
Freedom -who ended it?

Pride and Prejudice have come
Humility and Helpfulness have gone.
Greed and Grabitall have come
Grace and Generosity have gone
Every man for HIMSELF
Every woman for HERSELF (God forbid!)

Can we ever - turn back the clock?
Can we ever - restore the equilibrium?
Can we ever - return to pastures green?
Can we really - tear down the concrete?
Can we really replace it - with the abstract?
Can we ever return to the 'Age of Gentleness'?

John Knight

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/gentleness-a-lost-virtue/