peace begins with a scar

Peace begins with a scar.
Happiness leaves on the wings of a bird,
Sadness leaves on the back of a turtle.
You can’t lasso something that isn’t there.
Heartbreak loves company.
Time is a relentless wheel,
Breaking in the already broken.
You can only escape to the prison next door
Or the big one outside
Because you are never out there somewhere
You are always in here
Each couple a pair of odd socks
Each of us holding up self-portraits in progress
As disguises
That wouldn’t fool most moviegoers
This cliff dive
A push or a jump, it’s still going to happen
The irony is that
We are united in our loneliness
Common in our isolation
Everyone can identify with solitary confinement
Because we live there
We experience it together
And separately at the same time
Like how light is a photon
And a wave
At the same time
And that’s us
But peace begins with a scar
That you get from bumping into the walls
From trying to dig your way out
From smashing against the bars
Once you find a way to live here
Once you realize you will always live here
You can find a way to tolerate it
Hopefully a healthy way
And that’s life




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