Character

Others can not pull a strong character out of character

A strong character can take criticism

And correction

Via what their realm shows them

Or what a teacher imparts

A strong character

Notices when one has allowed oneself to

Be pulled out of character and

Returns to character as quickly as possible

Without shame or guilt

Just gentle acknowledgement

And a will to master mind and emotion

In the now present moment

A strong character does not expect perfection

From the self

But intends to expand the self

All-ways

A strong character centers themselves

While noting when they have been invited into

The story of another

And honors where sovereign stories begin and end

Between self and the other 

A strong character does not need or require

Attention or approval

Or a need to be seen a certain way by a tribe

A strong character gnos they are truly

Their only

Observer

And their own eye

Is their motivation

A strong character does not mimic

Nor copy

Other strong characters

—Though there is nothing new under the sun

Style and verse is soul/sole-full (individuated)

—and this Nuance is embodied.

“All the world’s a stage,

And all the men and women merely players;

They have their exits and their entrances,

And one man in his time plays many parts,

His acts being seven ages”

-Shakespeare