The Kindness

She didn't recognise it
When she sat before it
She could see the flesh
And the face
Hear the words
And the myriad of micro expressions
She could feel her own mistrust 
Paranoia
Powers of deduction
 
She chose to gamble
With her last hope 
To trust another human
To be vulnerable 
Against the odds of what she believed 
To be true

And then to know 
That one small gesture 
A catalyst for change 
Spark the kindling
Restore her faith 
In herself as well 
And to know
And feel 
The kindness she never knew existed