many of us
are the walking wounded
deep scars, putrid sores
unseen by naked eyes,
yet bandaged
we hobble along,
our smiles
hiding the wince beneath.
©
Jacqueline
The Walking Wounded…
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It is so true, but i find meditation and reading booking that inspire us to change and transform our life and reflect on life, help us heal. Then one day we awake brand new.. without realising it 😆
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True Bella, True. I find that applying positive steps, thoughts etc has been such tremendous help in my life and can help anyone.
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This is so true, Jacqui. We often hide our pain from others.
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We can hide it from others but not from ourselves.
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So true. We hide our pain from others or general society. I suppose if we were to wear our pain on our sleeves we would not be able to function. At least in American Society a high ideal is placed on always being happy, healthy, well kinda like Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. If someone in your family dies of course you get the five 5 days of Funeral Leave from your job but you are expected to immediately bounce back and never speak of your loss. You know like a painted Barbie doll keep that smile on your face. Any type of loss must be faced like a trooper. Lost your house. Smile. Lost your job and about to get evicted from your home. Smile. Dying from a disease. Smile. Lost your child to illness, disease or drugs. Smile. Like smiling cures every ache and pain or your life. Our Western society does not acknowledge suffering unless the story has a happy ending and we all know that many stories don’t have happy endings.
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I find it absolutely pretentious and sometimes annoying to expect people to hideaway their pain and loss and carry on as if all is well with them until they self-harm or inflict harm on others. That makes society far less empathetic.
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Touching poem! Yes, broken arms and legs and bruises are so visible, where as a broken heart you have to look into the soul!
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and sometimes it’s the hidden pain that hurts and harms most.
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Sadly that is so very true!
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