http://poemaequiaperio.com/2009/06/25/admin/introspection/ Poems That Reveal........ Sat, 23 Jul 2011 00:40:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://poemaequiaperio.com/2009/06/25/admin/introspection/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Cheryl Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:36:29 +0000 http://poemaequiaperio.com/?p=355#comment-11 <p>I used to think that independence was a strength, because who can tolerate the needy person, after all. And as time progresses I am forced to see how independence can in essence kill, or at the very least, minimize desire. To walk alone in strength is to deny needing others and what they may have for us. And so "rebellious independence" is the absolute necessary ingredient to "self protection", and "resisting any type of connection". I just find it so curious that what I had considered a strength, you have deemed rebellious.</p> I used to think that independence was a strength, because who can tolerate the needy person, after all. And as time progresses I am forced to see how independence can in essence kill, or at the very least, minimize desire. To walk alone in strength is to deny needing others and what they may have for us. And so “rebellious independence” is the absolute necessary ingredient to “self protection”, and “resisting any type of connection”. I just find it so curious that what I had considered a strength, you have deemed rebellious.

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