POETRY | SELF-DISCOVERY

On Healing

A Lament

How do you heal the adult whose inner-child still weeps? Her shattered sense of self criticized and daily beaten — “you can’t” “give up” and “who do you think you are?”

If you could go back in time and spare the inner-child would you show her the art of knowing and doing — Breathe hope into her deflated lungs and restart her heart?

Would it be so hard to convince her of these simple truths ? — Yes, you can. You will. You know who you are and — Stop thinking and trying, and just do

And once the inner-child knows these truths to be true and her confidence grows with each moment of doing will the adult unbandage her wounds and be healed too?

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Lori Carlson writes Poetry, Fiction, Articles, Creative Non-Fiction and Personal Essays. Most of her topics are centered around Relationships, Spirituality, Life Lessons, Mental Health, Nature, Loss, Death, and the LGBTQ+ community. Check out her personal Medium blog here.