Damaged
Sometimes I feel
very conspicuous
sure that everyone can see
the places where I am broken
just how damaged I am
Sometimes I think
people don’t see me at all
or, like I so often do,
see only what they want from me
or wish they could avoid
Sometimes I realize
that the people around me
are a lot more like me,
broken and scared and lonely
than I am quite comfortable with
But at least in those moments
I can get lost in the act
of ministering to them
But only when I
can step outside of myself
long enough to see
how broken they are,
to see past what I want from them
or wish I could avoid in them
Which isn’t easy
when you feel very conspicuous
sure that everyone can see
just how damaged you are
very conspicuous
sure that everyone can see
the places where I am broken
just how damaged I am
Sometimes I think
people don’t see me at all
or, like I so often do,
see only what they want from me
or wish they could avoid
Sometimes I realize
that the people around me
are a lot more like me,
broken and scared and lonely
than I am quite comfortable with
But at least in those moments
I can get lost in the act
of ministering to them
But only when I
can step outside of myself
long enough to see
how broken they are,
to see past what I want from them
or wish I could avoid in them
Which isn’t easy
when you feel very conspicuous
sure that everyone can see
just how damaged you are
posted by Jonathan E. at
11:43 PM
2 Comments:
You manage to pick up on some hard-hitting themes in your poems. This one is very insightful. Reminds me of that book (which I haven't read) called "Everybody's Normal Till You Get to Know Them." Strip away the facade, and everyone deals with that same brokenness.
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Anonymous, at 9:17 PM
Jamie,
Exactly! Another interesting thing that just occurred to me is the unstated assumption that everyone is looking at me, is actually noticing me and my brokenness. The fact is that most everyone is so caught up in their own stuff that they rarely notice anyone else. That kind of self-centeredness creeps in on all kinds of levels.
Thanks for the compliments!!
By
Jonathan E., at 1:07 AM
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