Spenserian Sonnet for the Stepped-on

Where generosity and kindness fail
is only in the hearts of men maligned
whose best defenses seem of no avail
and leave them in a battered frame of mind

But strength can best be found in all mankind
Not in arms-length sorrow and travail
Instead from out your strife, yourself you find
And walk a far more noble, lenient trail

Still, this path remains concealed and jailed
perceived as simple weakness of the mind,
spirit and heart, while men as truly great
As Martin Luther King and Gandhi shined

With light unparalleled by those today
Who represent even the meek, they say