“Dignity lives in staying real,
even when the city demands a role.”
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at last I learn to see
right where I stand
how community grows in circles
even here
shaping me
without taking who I am
something real
I carry through love and choice
that is dignity
dignity
We recognize one another
by the dignity we allow each other to have.
It shows up
in how we respect boundaries,
and in how we don’t cross them.
Across time and distance,
dignity stays.
It doesn’t disappear just because things change.
And still, I know that uneasy thought —
the feeling of not being enough,
of wondering if I measure up.
When it’s time to let go,
it becomes clear
how much dignity actually matters —
more than success,
more than influence.
It reaches further
than just one lifetime.
Dignity deepens
through what we live through,
through what we carry with us —
unless we are broken along the way.
Through loss,
through being diminished,
until we almost forget
who we once were.
Love exists everywhere.
And when love takes the lead,
suffering loosens its grip.
Then dignity
can come into view again.
