BY GLORIA OKOYE
To love people and support
Means that the heart and soul
Will forever be tested.
The emotional scars will be imprinted
And would eventually develop like callouses.
The hurt may be there
Which digs deeper for empaths
That will endure verbal slashes
From the very communities
During arguments
“Who are you to speak out, you are just another outsider!”
“What gives you the right if your feet didn’t fit the glass slipper of woes and tribulations?”
To love people and stand up
Is like walking on shells and hot
Coals
One minute you have an army behind your back
And another you are the target
On your own
Closed lips and quietness
Spark paranoia.
Provoking reactions
To remain in the bubble,
End results that they had ever known.
No one knows the backstory
Until it is spoken of
Being discreet may protect profession
In the long run
But constant jabs
Could have you question
Is it worth the mental cost?
Love for the people
Is an unending war,
Which thick skin has to be developed,
Or walk away from it all.
Love is love
Love is tested.
But you would never know your true purpose and passion
Unless those talks
Behind closed doors
Contemplating
Have you still standing
And saying yes to the vows of
Your life destination
