We all respond to pain in different ways.
Some hide from the world,
burying the pain
where none can see it.
Others give all of themselves
thinking that will stop others
from hurting them again.
Some make themselves
bigger than the hurt,
telling themselves something
that small couldn't hurt at all.
Others disappear into their worlds
where the pain does not exist at all.
Despite all of these attempts
the pain still lingers,
unaddressed but festering.
There is hope for the hurt
for the God we serve
is the great healer.
Amen!