Kindness? Or People Pleasing?

The poem “Kindness? Or People Pleasing?” highlights how the line between kindness and people-pleasing blurs for both parties— the pleaser and the pleased. Dom explores how the blur affects both from the pleaser’s perspective.

Yes.

• Yes, I’ll take on your work and mine.
  • Sure, you’ll never do the same. 🙂
• Yes, I’ll cover your tail and mine.
  • Sure, you never do the same. 🙂

Sure.

• Sure, I’ll carry your trauma and mine
  • Yes, you’ll never do the same.
• Sure, I’ll put your needs before mine :/
  • Yes, you never do the same.

Maybe

• Maybe you’ll acknowledge pains –
  • Yours and mine
• Maybe I’ll prioritize healing wounds –
  • Solely mine 🙂

Yes.

• Yes, you’ll learn consideration 🙂
  • For all 🙂
• Yes, I’ll learn forgiveness 🙂
  • For myself 🙂