CIVILIZED

 CIVILIZED

Not the height of towers,

nor the shine of steel and glass—

but the quiet choice

to be gentle when power could pass.

Civilized is a hand

that lifts instead of strikes,

a voice that listens

long before it writes.

It is wisdom walking slowly

through the noise of pride,

a light inside the human heart

that chooses truth as guide.

Where kindness becomes courage,

and dignity survives—

there, in the small good things we do,

a civilization lives.

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