Letting go isn’t as easy as you say it.
Healing doesn’t happen as quickly
as a baby grows.
Scars don’t close overnight,
and forgiveness?
It isn’t swift either.

Not every hardened heart
chose to be stone.
Some scars,
some pasts,
aren’t so easy to let go.

Beneath that toughness
lies a tender place—
one that aches,
that longs to be known,
but doesn’t know how to show
what it feels
in ways the world understands.

They want love.
Desperately.
But it’s not easy to receive
what you’ve never been taught to hold.

So when affection surfaces,
they bury it.
Pity?
They push it away.

Yes
letting go,
healing,
forgiving,
they all bring peace.

But peace, too,
takes time.

So, let’s offer a helping hand
one that stretches,
not to make them feel
like they’re not wanted,
but one that accepts them.
Help them find themselves,
and love who they are.

And maybe,
just maybe,
that’s okay.


        ©️ Eniyans
                      Poetry
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