The. /ðə/

Determiner. Defining clause or phrase. Eluding to a ‘known’. A shared reference point. Not intended for ambiguity but can be used as such. Like the time when…

Gentle. /ˈdʒɛntl/.

Adjective. Tender. moderate. believed to be the anti-Christ of revolution, even though it is the essence of it. It is there, in the gentleness, that justice lives. In the folds of the velvet soft hearts that search for clarity, and truth in its multiplicity. It is there that anger and riot is tempered. Not silenced, just tempered.

also a verb. To be gentled. Which you find you will ask of yourself a lot. Especially towards yourself. You can find gentleness even if, at first, you graze against the sharp edges.

Plight. /plʌɪt/.

verb. Pledge. Promise.

Or a noun. A condition. A state. A situation. Usually unpleasant. Or maybe a pledge never, ever to deny or look away from conditions of pain. To be with it. To let it ache. To sit next to it until we are…gentled.