unconditional COURAGE

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Art Piece: ‘Courage’ by SINBoundaries ARTWORK. 

It’s an inexplicable feeling when you finally find true meaning

A sudden burst of euphoria, of enlightenment

That is smash to the ground all of a sudden

For in the past you’ve learned that things don’t last and people,

usually do not stay around

Yet I thank the universe for all the life-shaping droughts

It is an inexplicable feeling of surrender

For all your life, you’ve been fighting for something better

Other than mediocrity

Other than the impacts of redlining

All your life, you’ve been fighting yourself, trauma, and systems.

Anger, distrust, and nihilism

So this, the moment of realism

It is the feeling of surrender, for deep down,

you know you are indestructible

You’ve learned through the journey that there is strength in being vulnerable.

For instead of anger choose to hold on to integrity

Instead of distrust, you open to healing to societies

Instead of nihilism, you grip on hope, chances, and opportunities

In all of this, we have a common theme,

The inexplicable feeling

It’s In the thought, in the action, in the fears and reactions.

It comforted you in your doubts and strengthens you when you finally awaken.

There, even. if. forsaken.

It reveals itself in subtle ways

As simply as getting yourself through the day

Doesn’t matter the time, it does not fade with age

It all starts with this. Me. You.

Unconditional COURAGE.

 

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