Other Vistas Poem by Carolyn Brunelle

You gave from your heart
a sweet gesture from the start;
but tuck the hurt away now
chalk it up to experience.

Waste no more time or effort on those
who lack manners or appreciation,
not even a simple 'thank you' uttered;
don't sell out to boorish ingrates.

Was a good deed done
for the wrong people.
Move on.
Don't let your heart be undone.

Life always provides ways
a generous spirit is better served;
sometimes there is warmer welcome
in the embrace of strangers than one's own.

Look for other vistas.