Cuffs

There are times when we feel trapped; When the voice of doubt and oppression rings loudest and we falter; The human spirit breaks and we submit to those who wish us to do so. They teach us not to be strong; They teach us that we are weak.They preach that, only together with them, can we be something, anything, more.

It is during these times that we are at our weakest, our most vulnerable, and yet, our strongest.Only during the most blatent instances, when their false authority beams down upon us and they assert their beliefs as fact, do we get a chance to look beyond what they say and what we were taught see ourselves as: Our true selves. Sometimes people don't understand or like what they see, they are the ones who falter, who give in to the lies. But sometimes... sometimes there are those who see their true selves...who see the real human spirit, the PASSION, and, thusly, embody it.