Juxtapositions

Please listen to the music as you read and view:

Think hard.

Think back to a time of your life

when someone bullied you

because you were 

too small

too big

too shy

too quiet

too different

All of the above and more

are characteristics often falsely perceived 

as

weakness.

But you know better, don't you...

 

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I however, did not know better.

So, for years I perceived myself 

as inferior to those in 

school, the workplace and even here

on social media
 

until 

I allowed myself to 

thrust forward 

in the trust

 

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that juxtapositions

are like a cord of three strands

not easily ruptured.

The muscle held in check 

by

the wisdom of gentleness

creates contrasts

misunderstood

by those who

see only with the eyes.

 

To get the full picture

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one must understand

that

when rescued and redeemed
 

a being's gentle power

and 

muscular serenity

are not bullying material

but rather a poem 

of

grateful compassion. 


Like the rescue horse here

in my photos

who was redeemed by her owner

and my friend


I will remember I 

am not weak

but

made stronger

by 

the gentle power

of 

kindness.