Why Can’t We?
by perpetualflaneur
Why can’t Beauty just be beauty?
With no pretensions,
just full acceptance of the body,
the shape, the texture, the color,
the size, the length, the height,
the width, and the weight.
The only standard is to accept,
to embrace your own
and those of others’
as it should be.
Why can’t Love be simply love?
No restrictions,
no prejudice against another,
no saying who can
from those who cannot.
A territory of boundless space
as vast as lands
and as deep as the waters,
all-encompassing,
all-nurturing.
Why can’t Humans just be humans?
Not just viewed through science
but through the general consensus
of living in and with respect,
in shared spaces,
a humane community.
Recognizing that your needs,
dreams, and thoughts
are as valuable as those of strangers.
Not holding your rights over others
but letting it be known
that like you,
everybody else can choose
who they want to be,
how to live,
what to look like,
and who to love.
No hypocrisies
as a result of a limiting
and limited conditioning,
released from the bondage of close-mindedness and arrogance.
Why can’t we, when we can.
I needed this!
I’m glad you found it!
Because your only standard flies in the face of mine. Because to meet you, I cannot be me. Because I think, being human means that we are not of one mind, we cannot, express without giving up of ourselves to attempt to come to some groupthink that does not exist. I like the poem ty.
Interesting perspective! Thank you for engaging, but I still think I can meet you or anyone by being me. Cheers and thanks once again! I agree with the multiplicity of mindsets and perspectives! They truly make up the fiber of humanity, but it doesn’t mean we can’t meet in between or reach some form of consensus.
Love this!! It’s such a coincidence because over the weekend I was discussing with my family how I’m going back to natural with my hair and I am encouraging my children to do the same. We talked about how it’s important to just be ourselves; we are beautiful the way we are and we shouldn’t try to present this image of what society or Jane Doe and John Smith wants us to be! Great blog!
What a wonderful (and hard) discussion to have with family and friends. I am happy for you for choosing what makes you happy and for representing who you think you are. Thank you for sharing your story! I can relate with that with many of my friends. Thanks again!
You ask some really important questions there! This poetry might just be a lighthouse for wandering thoughts.
Simply wow! The way you represented the necessity of life – love,beauty and relationship in simpler words of compassion, eternity and energetic. Remarkable thoughts
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