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Those who share, have something to give.

Those who share not, have nothing.

The fool will not look.
The lay cannot see.
The intellect will look.
The wise see.

Ear plugs made of ego, make the fool.

The wise prune the dead limbs by choice.

The fool go out on dead limb and prune by accident.

The fool cannibalizes their soul to feed their ego.

If there is no self-accountability given, there is no responsibility taken.

Ego is a gift held by fools and a burden lost by the wise.

A bully has back-up to compensate for an ego that otherwise has no defense.

The fool bystander fears the aggressor only when they have personal profit to gain.

I See You

Without your makeup

Without your muscles

With the bags under your eyes

With the softness in your thighs,

I see you.

Without your stoic self

Without your unapologetic self

With your hidden tears

With your vulnerable self,

I see you.

Past the violence you commit

For the harm you deny

Past the wall you have built

For the fear you feed,

I see you.

Beyond the smoke you toke

Beyond the drink you take

Through pain that feigns laughter

Though uncertainty that belies confidence,

I see you.

Despite your failures

Not in spite of your successes

So busy with accomplishments

So boastful of your efforts,

I see you

As the tender soul

As the terrified one

Who strives without

Who struggles onward,

I see you.

Never with an apology

Ever with the denial

Hardly the recognition

Rarely the action,

I see you.

For the day shall come

Only after the night concedes

With only the hope that
you’ll see another, too.