the waters that be

What is self-respect?
Perhaps it is the ability to look yourself in the eye, to peer through the murky waters of your conscience.
The water exists, a pond for each one of us. It contains everything, pebbles, larger rocks, frogs and water snakes. There grows weed and over hanging grass on the edge.
And at the bottom of each pond lies the dirt, the pebbles, rocks, leaves that fall into us and gently float to the bottom. Sometimes gently, sometimes not.

Murky waters that be, how much mud can there be.

Self-respect is how long you can stay by that pool of water, nurturing it and be living to bide by it.

Be calm waters, I beg of you.

Comments

[Faiza]

Hmmm. Very interesting.