Symbiosis

Please don't think me weak because I am submissive…
Please don't think me stupid because I am submissive….
Please don't think me less than You because I am submissive

I am strong in many ways…. I am able to bite my tongue and just answer, "Yes, Sir"… I am able to politely and respectfully disagree….
Even when You fail to show me respect…
even when You fail to respect me…

I have the power to think…
I have the power to assimilate information just like everyone else…
I can and do think critically….
I have not gone brain dead …. Just because I serve…

I am not less important than You because I serve…
You are not a bigger person because I allow You to control me….
We are equals …. Just on different sides of the same fence…

but… without me and ones like me… You would have no power…
Your power is given to You because of us that serve…
Please respect what we give to You….
For we do it with pride and honor…
We take pains to learn Your preferences… Your likes and dislikes….
We take the time to listen to You and to obey You…
We give honor to You….
We need it to be given to us as well

We have pain when You hurt…
We have pain when we have failed You…
the hurt runs deep within us…

Why do we serve?….
Why do we give this honor to You?…
Why do we spoil You?…
Why do we light up as You walk into the room?…

Because we have needs as well…
and we look toward You to fill them…

Your "needing to be served" is a perfect match to our "need to serve"…
but, we know that in reality… You serve us far more than we serve You…

Yes, You get to make the rules, but we trust that You are wise enough to know what we best need and place our needs above Your own…

So… who is the servant?… We both are…
for You serve and care for our needs as we do Yours…

If You think You can demand from us something we cannot give….
You are wrong… for we will break….
We will learn to resent… we will seek comfort from Someone that will care for us… but, that is not what we want… we want You to open fully to us…
to trust us as we have trusted You…

We come to Your arms for comfort, for understanding, for clarity, for love, for honor, for kindness, for strength, for warmth, for peace…
and we find it all there… and much more…

We thank You for being there for us….