There is no requirement to be strong,
no need to put on armour
and square up to the world every
single
day.
History has not been kind to us
and to stand strong,
continuously,
in the face of the relentless battering
waves breaking over us
again
and
again
eroding our worth, our dignity,
our sense of self,
is exhausting
and hides the scars of our fighting
and the dark bruises of our trauma.
It is fine to be soft.
It is okay to fall, weeping
into moments of hopelessness
and anger,
to close the door and get cosy
and not worry about being a warrior
for just one day
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