I do need others (from my dougeaton blog)

I do need others (from my dougeaton blog)

I do need others

Life as a way of leading me
often down roads I would rather not go,
others I know often the catalyst for new directions
or perhaps insights gleaned,
though I would often rather not go there.

A word said in jest
or perhaps a look or gesture,
will often set me looking for the ‘why’ of it,
which leads to possible change
or perhaps a deeper understanding
of maybe myself
or of the one before me.

Discomfort comes with this often times,
something I would rather forestall or ignore,
yet if I did that
I suppose something even more uncomfortable would follow,
for not to listen is a form of death
slowly isolating and making life hard indeed.

Yes I do need others,
their laughter,
tears,
anger at times also,
it is the spice that makes life palatable.

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