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Only you will understand you best

and wholly.

It is not always so easy to understand 
anyone entirely. 
We were all made different. 
We are each unique and special. 
Our situations may bear likeness; 
they are each unique, regardless. 
Understanding is thus 
a never-ending process. 

Often, it is hard not to fear 
that someone will not understand you 
before you say a word to them. 
It is perhaps why most of us 
resolve to silence 
or diversions. 

We are bound to have varied feelings 
and opinions about things and people. 

Should you ever consider 
to seek someone out, 
someone you can talk to 
about something you need 
to talk about, 
may you not lay upon yourself 
the burden of expectations 
of their understanding. 
They may not understand you.  

But do they listen to you? 
Do they care about how you feel? 
Or that you feel? 
Do they judge you?  
I think those to be the better questions 
to this: 
do they understand you? 

Eventually, ever, 
only you will understand you best 
and wholly. 

©benielangat, 2021. 

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