Broken Home

In one way or another,

most homes are broken.

We arrive on the scene

and for a time, however brief,

we’re shielded.

Then slowly we begin to feel it.

Something is not right.

It’s not supposed to hurt this much.

It’s not supposed to be this hard.

If we’re even able to remember them,

we are destined to look back with longing

to the times of joy before the storm.

We spend our days striving to return

to that tiny taste of a whole and happy life.

There is hope,

if we find a way to learn from the mistakes

of our broken home.

Love yourself, heal and become whole.

Though no life is ideal,

a sun will rise,

and what was lost will be recovered.