It takes courage to stand alone.
It takes time to accept that you may be shunned by a community for being different.
There is someone out there pouring venom because you dare to reach out for something they did not think about. It takes protective armor to keep the sarcasm from damaging you.
Uniqueness is carving your soul to be whatever it was meant to be. And it is a lot of hard work to discover its true purpose and meaning.
Uniqueness may attract encomiums in an art gallery, but is looked down upon on the streets where masses rule.
Written for Moonwashed Weekly Prompt hosted by Eugenia
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We all should embrace our uniqueness! Well done Reena, a beautiful poem!
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I see you doing it, and it’s so inspiring.
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So true, Reena. Excellent take.
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Thanks, Indira!
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Sad but too often true.
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Unfortunately yes. Thank you, Patricia!
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I love what you said here, Reena.
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Thank you, Colleen!
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You’re most welcome. xx
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We all possess uniqueness. It’s how others define us that is unfortunate.
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True. They keep looking for replicas of themselves.
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Sad truth
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Thank you, Maria!
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“Uniqueness is carving your soul to be whatever it was meant to be.” Love this line.❤️👏🏻
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Thank you, Melissa!
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I have found that uniqueness tends to hurt those that cannot “be” unique. It’s not like they don’t have the ability, it is just that their perspective narrows into absolutes, so they don’t seek the uniqueness within themselves, and reject it.
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Absolutely right.
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Unfortunately it’s quite true.
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We live in a largely unfortunate world.
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How true !
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