when my mind wanders...

i bet i would have loved the building that held this chimney

but

the chimney all alone

brave and standing on his own

in the middle of nowhere

slightly leaning

made me get out of the car

~

the building

itself

might not have done that

~

have you noticed

that when you peel back the layers of

anything

it's the contents you find inside that are amazing and beautiful

~

think about it

~

isn't the woman's face

plastered with makeup

and

whose lashes stick together when she blinks

really beautiful and full of life

after she's washed everything off and left it all behind in her washcloth

and

isn't a banana or an onion fabulous

inside

once it's been peeled

and

when someone is filled with crappy memories

don't they look radiant when they've told their story

to someone who understands

because

they finally rid themselves of the pain that was blistering them from the inside out

~

but

the most beautiful thing to ever see

once the layers are peeled back

is someones heart

and

sometimes

if they're really stubborn

that can take more patience and understanding then you ever thought possible

and

it will make you sweat and cry and pound your fists and walk away and come back

and

do it all over again

but

once you find

that heart

and

hold onto it

you'll never regret all the work it took

and

all the peeled layers

that had to be gently discarded along the way

to finally

see it

and

talk to it

and

be with it

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