Trauma has become an accomplice
It has allowed me to see through
many shadowed secrets
People who haven’t figured out
the origami of self-propelled healing
Trauma isn’t my friend,
but it knows what I know
It’s circumscribed me
magnifying me in the darkness
It has believed me, revealed unguarded truth
about myself, about others, about what happens if…
I have altered myself; inside out.
It makes it easier to wear my heart on my sleeve
It forces darkness into the light
It keeps me from internalizing
It has revealed me as strong
(although I truly had to ask what that means.)
I was told hurt people hurt people
I have many points of reference for torment
But, I’ve also been the recipient of deep compassion
enduring kindness, and demonstrations of resilience
that have shown me HOW to turn and be inside out
in the most powerful of ways.
Very deep and with a trove of self knowledge. Mom