Offense (pt. 1)
The more fragile we are the more easily we’re hurt
The notion of control of offensiveness is merely absurd
When you build a fence
When you build offense
You only fence yourself inside where you’re harmed by simple words
The more offended we become the more off ended we’re stirred
A world free of offensiveness is a world where no ones heard
When you take offense
When you make a fence
You only build another boundary where reality is blurred
And these boundaries give false security in spite of your hunt
Call it wokeness, correctness, call it whatever you want
With each taken offense
You steadily build a fence
I’m not sorry to have to break it to you and be so blunt
The goal is to decrease fragility or as some say ‘toughen the skin’
This is not done by retaliation but by looking within
“Why do I take offense?”
“Am I building a fence?”
A self reflection or ponderence of ones own feelings and facts is where to begin
Joel Prickett
5/5/22
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