Respect

by Thomas Redoubt

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Never hold to ridicule

that which another holds to his heart,

Or the path another explores

in seeking understanding,

Or the pace at which another plods

in pondering possibilities,

Or the faith another has

in your humanity.

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Thomas Redoubt

Thomas Redoubt is from Freedom, Pennsylvania, a small town on the Ohio River north-west of Pittsburgh and now lives in Allison Park, Pennsylvania. He was trained in science and law spent the first half of his non-literary career as a materials science researcher and the second half as a lawyer and law school adjunct professor. Redoubt has a passion for writing poetry and sees poetry as the epitome of one person to communicate his/her thoughts and feelings to another.