We Are All A Little Bit Broken

Do you often look at me and wonder on my life?

Pass judgement upon me and label me lazy?

Well, let me explain the life I have lived,

Because I may have been abused, but that doesn’t make me crazy!

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That abuse floored me and made my life hard,

So instead of passing judgement, please consider asking why

I now find the need to protect my tender heart,

Instead of looking at me as being terribly shy!

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I may struggle with new connections but it’s not from shyness,

I didn’t have an easy time of it in my early youth,

No, bitterness is not the emotion that often arises,

Instead maybe consider it’s just me speaking my truth!

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I live in the world as best as I can, given the circumstances,

I take every day as it comes, sometimes wondering how I managed,

You look at me and think I’m holding tight to my past,

But it’s my past that holds tight because I was severely damaged!

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Don’t you think I’d rather forget all that old crap?

If I could just feel the fear and the hauntings that scare,

Looking at me like I’m delusional won’t help my cause,

Instead try to understand, for so long I lived a nightmare!

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I did everything I could at the time to escape and be free,

So don’t glare down at me like I’m something disgusting,

You tend to believe that maybe I was just being weak,

But remember I was but a child, if anything I was too trusting!

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It was a tough lesson to learn, let me tell you that,

So maybe instead of turning your back, ask me how I’m feeling?

I’ve struggled and fought to get to where I am today,

However don’t take that as giving up, see it as me finally healing!

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Each day I grow stronger and the past haunts me less,

Well that’s the way I need to pretend that I’m living,

You may see me as one incapable of feeling love,

But you’d be wrong as I am actually quite giving!

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Maybe I don’t let many people get too close,

But if you were honest, you’d realise that’s definitely fair,

I know I’m not totally on my own or even alone,

I see you standing on the sidelines, yes I see you there!

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I’m not someone to fear, for maybe I’m just misunderstood,

It was not all bad, there’s a lot of memories I reminisce,

With a little understanding and some patience or two,

I’m a decent human being and I’m constantly fighting all this!

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Let’s face it — if the truth be told, we are all a little bit broken,

Some more than others, and yes I have my fair share,

Wouldn’t the world be a bigger and better place

With a lot less judgement and a lot more care?

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