'laugh, and the world laughs with you
weep, and you weep alone'
we do not know how to listen to each other
so
our sorrow makes us solitary
we have forgotten what babies are born knowing
that when they hurt they must express their feelings
or they will keep hurting
now we cry alone,
uncomforted
and ashamed
we need understanding
and we need acknowledgement
which are almost impossible to ask for
but are
as easy to give as breathing
love is another word for this
not trying to fix, change, analyse, or judge
just listening, and accepting,
and reflecting something back
we must go first
give what we most need
see what happens when we give that love,
how something in the person changes, shifts
how their breath
comes easy
again
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