Katrina's Interlude

To me, vulnerability is something that doesn't have a particular look
But it does have a shared feeling
Across different people, cultures, communities
And I think that feeling
Is one of truth
There's a sound,
There's an energy that is truth,
And that is the embodiment of vulnerability
Because ultimately, for me,
Vulnerability is revealing one's truth,
Which is always a risk

Sharing yourself,
Sharing the truth,
Often comes with retribution or backlash.
And so to be, I don't know,
Brave enough
Might not be the right word,
But to be willing
To take that risk
In an effort to restore or reinforce connection
Is a certain kind of transformative magic for me
That also creates itself
It invites others to also share their truth
It's something that propagates,
If you will
And I think that's my favorite thing about vulnerability
Is that it's not captured in one person
It actually requires
Some level of connection to another being