Do Not, Offend Me
Sep 29, 2020
story
Seeking
Connections
The rant
Do not offend me
I am them; I am they,
I am she; I am he
I am myself; I am not myself
I am known; I am mystery
I do not know who I am
Do not offend me,
I am ageing; I am youthful
I am ageless; I am growing
I’m vibrant; I am weary
I am wounded; I am healing
I am poorly; I am trying
I do not know what I am doing
Do not offend me,
I am beauty; I’m unfolding
I am confidence in the shadows
I am trickling potential, longing to water fall
Proving to myself that I've proved it to the world
The why
If you offend me
I'll take you and our memories
Which I’ll begin to trash
I'll put you in a box
Wrap it in black tape
And send it to THE box
The ‘nothing’ box, of my recollections
If you offend me
You’ll be nothing! Nothing,
But that which gives offence
And nothing you’ll remain, until I may delight
In your contrite assuagement
The how
To not offend me
Know everything I know, and everything I might
Know how I’ve responded; how I might respond
Know what pierces me; what pieces me together
To not offend me
Be beautiful; be strong
Be knowledgeable; be perfect
Be compassionate; empathetic
Be healed, oh be healed
Wholly, healed.
You must not bring wounds of your own
To not offend me, o perfect one,
Anticipate my journey,
All the sparkles; all the blisters
Especially, the blisters!
And don’t, poke at them
And don’t, point at them
And don’t, acknowledge them
But to commend my valiance
A world without offence you see
Is mine to every degree
And it all depends on you
So; long, feel, enjoy, respond, think, create. Be!
But only be, that which offends me not.
The summary
Now that you know how, o generous one
Predict who I am
Anticipate my idiosyncrasies
Uphold my point of view
Celebrate my person-hood
Until you, do not offend me
The resolution
Do not offend me o friendly one
Or we are not friends
Unless I; yes, I
Relinquish my entitlements
And acquiesce to my flaws
So I grow into me enough
And into your world a little
To seek above offence:
The cubic mile of our parallels
The tapering gradient to our convergence
The momentary point of our intersection
Here, at last
For mutual connection I’ll trade my right
To be offended
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