Stronger than I think

Maybe you always were

Stronger than I think

I only know that the youngest one

Looks up to those who went before

Chasing them along a path of years

Wanting to heal any tears in the fabric

Which tore connection apart

But some wounds leave such gaping holes

They turn into abysses

In which our souls can get lost

Navigating the darkest spaces of complex emotions

And even more complex tangled

Interconnections

Flesh of one flesh we were

Then separated

Striving for ways to reconnect

And when the blows fell

And we bleed or were buried

Or failed to stand

Who is the one who bears the silent cost?

It can take us years

When we become lost

To find the way back home to the self again

That longed so much for a loving family

But maybe you weren’t as strong as you thought you were

Maybe in the end

It was only in opening up to your vulnerability

That you found out

How strong you really could be