Write about a random act of kindness you’ve done for someone.

I really like the whole idea

But puts me on the spot.

There isn’t much that springs to mind.

That hurts me quite a lot.

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There may be random things I‘ve done

But didn’t keep the score

More likely I sit on my hands

And should be doing more.

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I’ll sometimes talk to strangers

Others have ignored

But that’s because they‘re kindred souls

It have my own reward.

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Random acts of charity

But usually online

Impersonal, don’t interact

So is that really kind?

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There‘s one small act

That springs to mind

Though really no big thing.

A minor and impulsive act

But nominally kind?

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It happened at a rugby match

A really famous one.

We really thought that we had lost

But memorably we‘d won.

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The clock already in the red

And no time for mistakes.

One error and the game would end

So no room for mistakes.

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We went at their line again, again

But didn’t lose the ball

Could Harlequins beat Stade Francais?

It seemed a hopeless cause.

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Improbably a drop goal

Headed for the posts

Amazingly a victory

A game we thought we’d lost.

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The place was in an uproar

Ecstatic English fans

Dejected looking French men

Including one young man.

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We were so so happy

And they were all so sad

I gave my favourite hat away

To that unhappy lad.

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I often wonder if a souvenir

Of a match that they had lost

Was really consolation

But what does kindness cost?

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At least the young lad‘s father

Seemed touched by what I’d done.

I sometimes miss my favourite hat

But memorably we won!