Red Brick Love

A little while ago I was walking on the beach and amongst all the pebbles I came across this red brick ... glistening and looking magnificent ... and I wondered about her story and I wrote these words:

Red brick

I can remember the days when I was with the others, All the same .. same size .. same shape ... same colour. We needed to be the same ... we wanted to be the same. We were made that way .. it was expected.

We were taught to be strong and stay in a straight line. If we fell out of line everyone knew ... everyone was disappointed. We always went back in line ... it was expected.

We were told that great appreciation would be expressed if we were the same and if we were strong and stayed in line. We were told that magnificent structures would rise if we strong and stayed in line. Our purpose was given to us and we didn’t object.

Then day that came ... the day when everything changed forever. I don’t know how it happened but I got dropped and broke in two. I thought they would fix me and put me back in line, but without hesitation I was tossed aside.

When I landed on the beach sand I was petrified and felt so ashamed. I was no longer the same .. no longer strong ... I was broken. I did not have the safety of being with the others in the line ... I was lost.

When I looked around me, there were all these beautiful pebbles of different colours, shapes and sizes. They surely would not like me so red and straight. I was so different and would never fit in, I thought.

In time I noticed what it felt like to move when the waves washed over me. I noticed that not being in a straight line was not so scary. I noticed how my shape started to change and and I became smoother and more round .. was this okay? was I no longer strong?

The other pebbles did not push me away or tell me go back to where I came from ... They rolled over the sand with me ... gently giving me a welcoming touch. Some even said “wow, what a beautiful colour red you are”.

I am free .. I am strong .. I am me .. I am red

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