How beautiful, how serene and how very misleading for beneath the surface the webbed feet of both swans must be continually moving just to hold the contact the beautiful pose.
Are people like swans still and calm on the surface even as our hearts beat a tattoo and our emotions spiral out of control? I think to some degree we are expected to be just like the swan. We are expected to leave all our domestic problems at home to concentrate totally on work. At home we are expected to concentrate on family and domesticity. If we go out with friends we are expected to cast off all our problems and to help create, maintain and join in the revelry.
Oh, I think we are very much like swans almost all the action is beneath the surface, all our happiness, despair, anxiety, desperation, joy, relief and our passion are held tight within us, concealed not just from prying eyes but from everyone including ourselves lest we forget ourselves and reveal too much.
Do we tell our partners of our dreadful day, do we mention our fears? Maybe sometimes we do talk about somethings but more likely we don’t. We keep ourselves inside hidden from everyone lest everyone see how weak and needy we sometimes feel and how much less we secretly believe we are and can’t begin to explain.
Swans glide on the surface but, oh they can be bad tempered, aggressive birds, protective of their family, their home and their image – just like us
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