For the helpers,
I see you,
I thank you.
If life was as simple as they make it seem in my social media stream.
The answers are easy,
Quick,
Absolute.
A cult where the idol is meme.
And the one I reject perhaps most of all.
Is the hurt people hurt people gall.
Shared without thought from the masses we're taught,
Incomplete,
Misleading,
And null.
For I've lived quite a life known pain and heartache.
And you too,
So I speak for your sake.
It's a warrior's call to love despite all,
Striking down the ancestral snake.
When the world's unkind gives more than our share.
And the reason is life is unfair.
There are those who love deep from a cave still they seek to save others from lion's lair.
I place a comma where period now lies,
In hurt people hurt people guise.
Because half-truths are lies just as sure as disguise.
Don't look back.
You've opened your eyes.
While people who harm carry hurt might be true,
But give the full story its due.
There are far more who hurt reaching up through the dirt,
Giving help,
And not what they knew.
Drink,
If you wish,
From intoxicating brew,
This hurt people,
Hurt people view.
Or celebrate strength,
Awareness,
And choice.
Say hurt people help people too.
