Virtues

What virtues do you most admire?

So many to espouse.

We’ll make a list if you insist

So we might freely browse.

They say patience is a virtue, but then

So’s tenacity, and

Understanding rates quite high

Along with purity.

Ethics makes the list with

Incorruptibility, and

Worth is so important to

Preserve our dignity.

Honor is the cornerstone

Of deemed propriety,

But honesty is vital to

Secure integrity.

Innocence is virtue blessed

By chaste morality, while

Goodness shadows worthiness,

The grounds of decency.

 

But there is one that stands alone

In virtues, great and small.

Kindness… simple kindness is

The greatest virtue of them all.