The Foundation of Healing
mixed media/soft pastel
based on an image from “Corona and Coronet...” 1896
healing
afraid to say the word out loud
sometimes
am I to ask for permission?
is it showing my weakness?
does it imply there is something wrong with me?
perhaps a mistake
made too many times
to say out loud
I need to heal
to say out loud
I need to mend
you would feel the need to fix me
but i am not broken, I do not need to be fixed
just to heal
the bruise on my flesh, it too needs to heal
damaged by the too heavy box I carried foolishly alone
the bruise on my flesh can not be fixed
it just needs a little time left alone
that is how it mends
healing
does not always mean needing to be fixed by someone
something
but rather
healing
sometimes
means needing a little time to just be left alone
“As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation -- either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.