Today, why not just give in
And accept that tenderness
Is what you really want
To give and receive
Today, be the one
Who gives it to yourself
And receives it from yourself
We can do better
Than live in all this superficiality
But everyone seems so afraid
Afraid of their shadows
And other peoples
Pretending to be tough
Or living a life of coping
Is not life
And all we really need
Is to start with some tenderness
Some openness
A little kindness
It doesn’t take much to open the door to love
You don’t have to awaken
Or realize your true nature
No great epiphany has to occur
Nothing much has to change
Except a turning towards
Tenderness
Even when the pull
Is away from it.
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