There is strength together
and strength against
when you communicate in a way
that provokes defense in the other
despite your best intentions
that will be strength against
which backfires
when you use strength together
to inspire solidarity
that does something radically different
We tend to think
we have to show our strength
to lead
Sometimes
What’s more clear
is that the more we show our strength
the less other people imagine
that we’re human.
That we can be vulnerable
And the less we seem human
less they see us as one of them.