Can I blame
All my pitfalls, 
All my failures,
All my ragged and jagged paths
On the wounds of my father?
Is that too simple?
A cop out?
For my mistakes,
My unwise choices —

Or the profound 
Truth of this world;
separated, 
severed from our Heavenly Father,
irrecoverably wounded —

bekahalle

Father wounds

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Damocles

(This is a generalization and does not apply to all) I think for people who are unable to look inward or find help from trauma typically need to find a scapegoat to push upon. Some addicts blame the drug and not their actions while on/off the substance. Soem with deep trauma never survive and only get worse as life goes on and yet everything is on the big bad boogie man of the past rather than acceptance, facing responsibility, and finding ways to survive and transcend their pasts. Idk this rose a lot of thoughts in me.

Jaybird7

VerseBuster

Brief but searching. It wrestles with personal responsibility versus inherited hurt, then widens into a spiritual meditation on separation and brokenness.

kenpepiton

One who should know once said the sense of separation was never true.. &quot;behold, the kingdom of God is within you. It helps to believe that guy and not those in the business.

lynn-stillman

This is amazing. I could feel the pain in your words.

black-raven

Nice to see another aussie here, I live in Perth.
Great poem, I love how you contrast with your own
father and the heavenly father, God. Asking questions in vain that won&#39;t be answered.