separation.
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relax those shoulders, open up your chest
she said.
an image comes to me as i perform this simple movement,
the lattice of my ribcage spreading, allowing light to flow inward,
my sternum becoming glassine enough for my heart to peer outward.
i feel it. i feel stronger, less vulnerable
i tell her.
*
maybe i'm an animal of a different colour.
maybe i do care what others think about me.
maybe i am sensitive enough to wonder why when certain words are spoken,
voice inflection causes me to question if the emotion is aimed at me.
maybe i'm just not comfortable looking certain people in the eye,
yet losing myself in the gaze of one who is familiar makes me stronger, feeds my soul.
maybe i'm just different.
but then again,
maybe i'm just like you….
*
she said.
an image comes to me as i perform this simple movement,
the lattice of my ribcage spreading, allowing light to flow inward,
my sternum becoming glassine enough for my heart to peer outward.
i feel it. i feel stronger, less vulnerable
i tell her.
*
maybe i'm an animal of a different colour.
maybe i do care what others think about me.
maybe i am sensitive enough to wonder why when certain words are spoken,
voice inflection causes me to question if the emotion is aimed at me.
maybe i'm just not comfortable looking certain people in the eye,
yet losing myself in the gaze of one who is familiar makes me stronger, feeds my soul.
maybe i'm just different.
but then again,
maybe i'm just like you….
*
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(I'm OK. You're OK.) Do you remember that book? ;)
Now then, relax those shoulders and open up your chest....
I can FEEL it!
I don't trust certain vocal inflections.
I don't like to feel emotionally wounded.
In these situations, I trust my instincts.
Nothing wrong with that.
And I do care what other people think. It's human nature.
Know what I think about you?
You are awesome.
You are human.
You are loved. xx
we BOTH feel it!
...and give the rest of it the finger...
xx
shall do, farmgirl….
thank you for being there, being here….
loving you and all your braveness
love and light ♥
happy new year!