there is never any shame in showing our humanness
\nor well,
\nthere should not be<\/p>\n
what if we did not hide away
\ndid not
\nturn our gaze<\/p>\n
what if we did not pass judgement
\nscoff
\nor look down on<\/p>\n
what if we were not afraid
\nto show our fear
\ninstead of hiding ourselves
\nin shame
\nand disgrace<\/p>\n
what if \u00a0we did not seek
\nto destroy
\nto discredit
\nand distrust<\/p>\n
what if instead
\nwe chose
\nto recognize ourselves
\nin each other<\/p>\n
our weaknesses
\nour strengths
\nour endearments<\/p>\n
to see directly
\ninto hearts
\ninto hurts
\ninto our own
\nimperfect mirrors<\/p>\n
if we could honour our humanness<\/p>\n
with a simple
\nI see you
\nand I feel that
\ntoo<\/p>\n
with kindness
\nand with Love<\/p>\n
perhaps we could strengthen each other
\nand honour each other
\nand bless each other
\nwith a simple
\nsmile
\nof recognition<\/p>\n
‘you too …
\nI never knew’ ..<\/p>\n
we are not perfect families
\nwe are not perfect friends
\nspouses, partners
\nwe are not perfect
\npeople<\/p>\n
we win
\nwe lose
\nwe fail, we stumble
\nwe struggle
\nwe triumph<\/p>\n
we all have this moment
\nright now, \u00a0all of us
\nand in it
\nwe can choose
\nto be Love
\nto be Forgiveness
\nto be Kindness<\/p>\n
to not hide our humanness<\/p>\n
and we can continue to choose
\neven
\nin very small ways
\nevery day, every minute<\/p>\n
and I will
\nbecause my friend,
\nI do see you
\nand now you know …<\/p>\n
and where,
\nwhere would I be
\nwith you? \u2665<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"