What can kindness do?

Can kindness stop an army?
Can kindness stem a flood of tears?
Can kindness stop a fever?
Can kindness bring happiness near?

What can kindness do?

Does the kind man stand a chance
Against the terrifying advance
Of cynicism, complacency and hate?
Is the kind man far too late?

What can kindness do?

Can a woman help a stranger
On a corner in his car?
Can she possibly rearrange her
Schedule? Can a woman stop a war?

What can kindness do?

Can an act of kindness find an encore?
Can it start a kindness chain
That yearns for more a more?
Can kindness stop the pain?

What can kindness do?

Can a child give up her play toy
To a child she doesn't know?
Can our children be our parents?
Can our children help us grow?

What can kindness do?

Can we flood into the streets
And make our actions say
The world is going to change
And it's going to start today.

What can kindness do?

Can humankind be expected
To say we're all connected?
Can it be our only hope?
Can it be our only hope?
Can humankind...be both?

What can kindness do?