Walking Wounded by Brian Lee - Poetry - Ask Nem5

WALKING WOUNDED

We
the walking wounded
are among you.
Our abused hearts limping along
undetected by those around us.
Burdened by the weight of hate
held for those who hurt us.
Toiling under this awful,
lonely pain,
we occasionally meet a healer
a mentor
a friend
who shows us that the hate we carry
is more harmful to the hater
than the hated
and that forgiving is not
forgetting.
The scarred heart can beat freer
having dropped the useless load
making rest restful
and life easier.
Do they know the value of
the gift they give?

© Brian Lee 1999

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Literature Index
Poetry 1 Index
A Gift - Brian
A Song For An Old Love - Jess
Awakening - Brian
Bio-Poem - Jess
Christmas in NM - Maggi
Friends - Jess
Glorious Us - Brian
Golden Thread - Brian
Goodbye, My Love - Jo
Hunger - Maggi

If Love Should - Maggi
My Baby Girl - Maggi
My Man In The Moon - Maggi
New Smile - Brian
Passion's Thorn - Maggi
Spring - Maggi
The Cost - Maggi
Those Who Love - Jess
To My Love - Jess
Walking Wounded - Brian
Without Beauty - Brian