Reflection · Love-Smitten
Confident in the Strength of Imperfection
Strength, not shame: the courage to stand naked before enemies without batting an eyelash, fully immersed in imperfection while the world wobbles around you. Dave's imagery is sensory and specific: chilly breezes raising goosebumps, sunshine melting into upturned faces, colorful flowers swaying in concert.
This is Positive Love Poetry about resilience and humility together. We bend with the twists of air, water, and light. We loom tall and stay humble. No victimhood, just grounded confidence in being human.
The strength to stand
naked
before our enemies,
and not bat one eyelash.
To be fully immersed
in one's own
imperfection, and to
accept
the reality of a world
that feels as if it is
the victim of a wobble,
to ignore it long enough
to feel sensations
interacting with those
natural things around us:
the chilly breeze teases up
fields of goosebumps,
the sunshine melts
into our upturned faces,
distant sounds blend
together like
colorful flowers that
sway in concert.
We’re good, we know,
we can bend with
the twists and turns of
air, water, light.
We have learned that
we can loom tall,
and still be humble.
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