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Fire!

 …the heart leaps

A kindred spirit is close.

Different personalities but same core

Same backbone, different gloss.

 

Beyond the surface

Beyond dollars and bread

Beyond fronting and coding

Beyond wig and selfies.

 

Authentic, vulnerable and safe

Errors rebuked but covered.

Intense, consistent and deliberate

Tender.

 

Zero performance required

Just honesty and willingness to grow

Broken but beautiful

Broken and beautiful


'Funmilayo Akinwale

#GreenNotes (29.09.2020)

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