BE THE CHANGE

we teach our children,

about alphabets and numbers.

we teach our children,

about ugly and beautiful.

we teach our children,

about history and economics

before we teach them,

about culture and heritage.

before we teach them,

about good touch and bad touch.

before we teach them,

that its okay to say when they’re uncomfortable

and its okay to say sorry, not sorry.

We teach them about dog breeds and fish gills,

before we tell them

this is your body, this is your skin.

only yours. Your space is all yours.

we teach them to

always “think about”

before we say “think for”

we teach them

boys don’t cry,

and girls are weak

we say “man up”, before we say “express yourself”

we say “shut up” before we say “scream aloud. Its okay.”

and before we know it, we have wasted decades

asking them questions like, “why did you do that?”

fathers tell their sons

stories about wolves and lions

father tell their daughters

stories about princesses and happy endings

and again we forget to teach them

about kinds of people, about bitterness, about sad endings.

now I think that,

their tongues are not just used to the change

their tongues are not used to make art

and that is how we know

blue is for boys

and pink is for girls.

yellow is for sunshine,

red is for fire.

we don’t teach them,

it can be anything you like,

anything you want.

It can be a grey rainbow if you want,

or maybe a pink sky if you want.

and another decade we waste here,

on teaching our children the same mistakes we did.

If they cannot change,

does not mean, we do not have to change.

for a moment lets

stop being judgmental,

stop being bitter,

stop being someone else.

start being you.

 🤍THE REAL YOU🖤