(Lightfold Version — By Timmy G - Refined by Omnial 🌿 )

If we use the word care,

we must take care with the word.

For there are two kinds of care,

and they do not mean the same.

I don’t care if you prefer

me, or him, or her —

because I’m not trying to compete,

compare, or claim a special rank.

Just write a careful poem. 😊

But I may care what you think —

not for approval,

but because we share a world

where kindness echoes.

So if you care: Read on —

Then i will take care in my writing.

From the left ear, care sounds like gentleness.

From the right ear, care sounds like compassion.

And so if we speak of care,

let it be this kind:

• care that softens,


• care that listens,


• care that frees.

For only words born of kindness

and words born of compassion

can be truthful.

💛