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What if we
We spend so much of our time and energy
placing expectations on others
What if we
used our precious time on earth instead
to look within?
Would we be scared of what we’d find?
Would it too closely resemble what we’re trying to change about everyone else?
Would it be too ugly to face?
What if we
stood bravely and confronted the messed up parts?
Dissecting them
Becoming curious
Shifting and deciding to
Take responsibility
For who we are
What if we
could change how we treat others just by being in tune with ourselves?
Sensing the unified struggle to be alive
Noticing the heaviness each of us carries
We’d recognize ourselves in others
What if we
instead of pointing fingers
extended our whole hand
our whole selves
generously
Asking for nothing in return -
This is you.
How dare I be brave and liberated?
That’s not what I was made for.
I arrived on this earth as a surprise
soft and sweet
taught to be paper thin, amenable, and quiet
clutching a hand full of compliments
and doling them out generously like trick or treat candy.
Treat others with kindness above all else.
Trick yourself into thinking it’s for the best to be selfless.
Slowly fading away from my power.
How dare I write beautifully, submerge fearlessly, and move on and upward?
Hardened by mistakes and missteps into papier-mâché
knowing I can be cracked, but not broken.
Or left shattered like I was before.
I use the rupture to reevaluate
reinvent
repair
relearn
recreate
who I am.
I dare you to try and stop me.
