Omissions

[122 words] It is not so much the things I do that cause me to regret;It’s the little things I leave undone, the things that I forget: It’s the words I fail to utter, the songs I fail to sing,The letters I forget to write, that comfort they may bring. It’s the little acts of kindness, the joy I fail to give.The smiles I fail to scatter, as day-by-day I live.It’s the sick I fail to visit, the flowers I fail to send,It’s the hand I fail to offer unto a fallen friend.It’s not so much the little things I do that cause me to regret,It’s the little things I leave undone, the things that I forget….