"...When you are Real, shabbiness doesn't matter."
-The Velveteen Rabbit
I think about elderly couples who still look at one another with love. Gray hair, saggy boobs, hairy ears and noses, flat butt, wrinkled faces, faded eyes... They are Real to one another. And those issues of time and tragedy make no difference in the love they have for one another.
I forget. It doesn't matter if I've been scarred emotionally and physically. It doesn't matter if I've lost my hearing. It doesn't matter if almost every bone in my body has been broken at some point and never quite healed correctly. It doesn't matter if I walk with an bit of a limp which I attempt to hide with a lope.
And one day, I too will be Real.
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You're right, none of those things matter. When it's real you won't be loved despite your imperfections, you'll be loved because of them.
ReplyDeleteI think I still need to get to the point where those things dont bother me so much then maybe someone will love me regardless of them as well.
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