To be Broken is to be Human

Malaïka
2 min readJan 14, 2024

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Image by 愚木混株 Cdd20 from Pixabay

When you think no one is watching,

Shadows fall heavy on your smile.

Do you know you are loved?

Do you know of the divine you carry?

I see it all the time;

In the glimmer of your eyes when you love,

Because you love people

Deeply.

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Do you know of the joy that you bring?

You invite smiles and laughter in rooms empty of sound,

You invite connection and safety in a world that often is void of it.

I hope some of that laughter, joy and divine light

You keep to yourself.

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You are so giving,

I hope you give yourself the love you are so good at giving others;

We need you to.

You need yourself to.

Your shadows tell you lies and blur your sight with pain and tears.

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I hope you know those things don’t define you.

I hope you know you are worth the effort.

I hope you know we love you,

Shadows and all.

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It is okay to be broken,

We all are.

We can sit together and present our shadows to each other,

Mine weighs down my heart,

So sometimes I am scared of loving.

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I hope you know you are loved in all your complexity.

To be broken is to be human,

And your humanity is beautiful

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