Wholly Fractured

the visage of someone broken

"only

someone run down, worn out

through

tired

suffering

or who picks up the burdens they bear

do

to face another day

we

do you look with scornful resentment

learn"

at their downcast, downbeat countenance

some cracks never fully heal or disappear

scars we carry, the trauma we suffer

hurt, pain, internal, infernal

self-affliction, self-destruction

what is done to us and by us

we heal and callous over, but something always

remains

fine lines, grazes and bruising

on the surface, are like icebergs

"wisdom

only a some piece of the puzzle

comes

story or endurance, perseverance

alone

beauty is only skin deep, but

through

suffering" bores holes to our core

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Thanks for reading!

Author's Notes: This is for the incredibly prolific Mike Singleton's A Mikeydred One Week Sad Poem Challenge For All Vocal Creators, which you can find out more about following the link:

We don't know the trauma, sadness, hurt, pain, suffering, experiences, and burdens that people carry, so it's best not to judge people solely on outward appearances.

The poem includes two quotes by Aeschylus

"Only through suffering do we learn"

"Wisdom comes alone through suffering"

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