People
delight me
with their nuance
like the sun
going
between
the clouds
and creating
a sparkly dark light.
They can’t say
what they really feel,
like in the school yards
in kindergarten.
“You bitch! I hate you!”
No—
they say “hi” in private
but ignore you in public.
They intentionally say
your full name
your legal name, and not the one
you go by.
This is their way
of stripping away
your humanity
in public—
all the soft subtle things
that are said
carry
hard
heavy
meanings
and the best way to endure
these games
within
a game
is to learn to love to play them—
to appreciate their nuance
like the sun
going between the clouds.
Intellectual Shaman 
Good observations. 🙂 When someone seeks to diminish another [in relation to the ideals they hold and aspire to reach] it means they’ve already lost any inner certainty that their ideals are right. You don’t attack someone who’s patently wrong; you attack someone who threatens you. So yeah, if you are attacked, it means you’ve already more than half ‘won’ – even if you didn’t know you were in a conflict. Be confident.
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Yes, I’ve become more threatening–it’s a strange feeling to increase your power, without making changes to your position. One might question whether or not the power is real–all I can say, is that I feel stronger.
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Like every mom who calls her kid by first, middle and last name. You know the shit’s gonna hit the fan big time when that happens. 😎
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So true!
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