Partly Broken

Read a post on Sinead by Annabel Crab describing people like her (trauma victims) as only partly broken …. they are mostly okay then! Let’s cut each other some slack!

PARTLY BROKEN

I read a tribute to an icon who sadly passed away

A fighter of injustice had lived her final day

What was written hit me greater than anything was spoken

It described those who lived such trauma as only partly broken

If only those people realised that this sentiment is true

See, they cannot see that in themselves but will see it in you

The past, though hidden still defines them, so very hard to break

The shackles of a hidden life sometimes too much to take

If they are only partly broken we need to let them know and

Accept the times that aren’t so good and help them let it go

They are people who’ve lived a life that largely remains unspoken

Help them know they’re mostly okay and only partly broken

John Mason

29/07/23