Others’ Acceptance Of My Pieces
To the ones who seek my quirky pieces:
Thank you for what you do bring,
The fun times over laughs and drinks,
And getting me out of my mind’s binge.
To the ones who seek my rough edges:
Thank you for seeing there’s depths below the surface,
Being there even when you’re in a different place,
Helping me with the realities difficult to face.
To the ones who seek, accept and love both my pieces:
You’re my rare diamond,
My soul and heart you uniquely brighten,
In ways words can’t express.
So, I love you and you’re the best.
I can’t lie and say that nothing feels amiss when people only seek certain parts of me. But, I accept it as an inevitable consequence of how the society must be composed. The individuality of what makes us who we are ought to be respected for all that it can teach and aspire in you, regardless of if at times it leaves you feeling misunderstood, invalidated or alone. Naturally, there’s parts of people I love that I don’t swimmingly get along with either, but that doesn’t have to make it wrong. Accepting the non-acceptance has an essence of beauty in and of itself.
Plus, when people seek only certain parts of me, it also makes me realise just how special, rare, and beautiful it can be when you find the ones that do seek and accept all parts of you — because in them, you find a soul mirror.
A soul mirror too, though, is indeed a mirror and not a clone. At times, you’ll see pieces that reverse: reversions that might cause conflict and frustration. However, those pieces I seek too and accept, and hope they feel the same. Those are the parts where I find possibilities of drastic growth to come from, in uniquely captivating ways that I can best learn almost only from them. Because at the end of the day, like a true mirror: we share the same center.
Thank you Diana C. for the inspiring prompt for Wednesday (28/04) that helped me reach a refreshing reminder on my sometimes-annoying cravings of unconditional acceptance.
Wednesday
How does other people only seeking certain pieces of me affect me?
