Fragility Part 2 Everything that makes life sweet, beautiful and fulfilling is reduced to a taboo of sorts. The idea of speaking one's truth is lauded but dare to do so and you get censured. The movement for openness and transparency is marching forward, however, the juggernaut of repression is speeding faster than light. Confusion is running the madhouse as those who choose not to remain silent take responsibility to be real and frank. Too much fragility is a deep sign and sigh of fear at work in the collective mind. It seems like everyone is on a tightrope knowing that they will fall because they are heavily invested in the opinions of a frightened society. Personally, I am convinced that courage is that attitude that breaks barriers and brings freedom forth. I pride the truth of openness above all. When a society is open and willing change is then the only byproduct. Imagine if everyone were conscious of their place in life and lived according to this truth, would our world be a battlefield on a knife edge? Alas, we are creating a world saturated with fakery, dog whistling, vested interests, biased commentary, twisted logic, disempowering narratives, racial and sexual discrimination, and the crushing of individual expression and spirit. We must remember that we are sexual, social, sensual and spiritual beings. We thrive in freedom and suffer in restraint. We do not behave well in hate. This then means that we are at choice to change and become better than what we have experienced thus far. The next generation is challenging all that the last has held to be accurate. Isn't it time that openness is really prized in the real world! Balance is the best place to live. The question is; when will we course correct and re-evaluate ourselves? Are not all asking this of ourselves; can I be me? What is stopping you and me? Courage is the reality that when we go within then we discover that the answers have always been inside us all along. © zari olawale 2019 Photo Credit: Pinterest #blackpoetboy #blackpoetboywrites #zee3peo #fragility #speaktruth #openness #art #change #evolving #society (at Planet Earth!) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvLnE4NHhoX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1aoh8miov7zv3