"Truce"

It's bittersweet...

Raw and bare...

Truth at the core...

Pulsing with life...

A realization that the hardest pill to swallow

Is choices made from learning

Because some experiences make sure we are taught

And we are examples of this...

Issues will always arise when misplaced anger blinds the eye

Words lose value when actions refuse to match

Sadly, pain is not complete without branding another with its scar

Ignored truth will only continue to deconstruct lies built

We are the keeper of our limitations

And it is up to us to call foul

When things like this trespass against us

We are not the war within another

Our light should not be buried in darkness

Colours should not be shaded gray

But when all care is abandoned

And another's only mission is infliction

A truce needs to be declared...

Sometimes people try to bring out what is wrong with us

Because they cannot handle what is right about us...

We should not bear the fault

For another's wrong choices made...

When only hurt comes from holding on...

Time and time again the proof has been given

Release that which is no longer good for you...

It's in the conviction

And denial of permission...

Boundaries must be kept...

They help bring peace of mind

There is a difference

And it's not the same...

In time and moments later...

Let there be healing

May the past no longer block the view of the present

Allowing what has been to be laid to rest

So our soul can breathe again

Enabling us to live again.

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