One loose thread is all it takes
for an entire tapestry to unravel.
An entire year's labour of love
can come undone in seconds.
Emotions change as quickly as
colours in kaleidoscopes,
a single misperceived look or pointed barb
can turn the comfort of calm into an atomic bomb.
When personalities can range
from laidback to neurotic and back again,
there is no guessing when moods will sour
from resentments repressed for far too long.
Like earthquakes that strike unexpectedly,
and level entire cities in an instant,
the ego can take control,
and tear families apart in minutes.
Strong, silent matriarchs are reduced to tears
by their ungrateful children,
siblings, once inseparable,
act more like polite strangers
who tiptoe around politics or religion.
Effective communication
is the only tool capable of
scaling the walls we build when we are hurt.
Alas, it is a rare talent that so few of us possess.
Unless assertiveness is an option, conflicts will snowball
until they are impossible to resolve.
Until we learn to let go of past hurts
that weigh us down, we will not evolve.
Instead, we will remain
stuck in this revolving door,
where we can assign blame
without ever accepting our own faults.
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