Joyful Ruins

Discovering joy in the hard places


Hurt People Hurt People (Not an Excuse)

You broke my heart once

and I turned away

Now I see your heart

was broken and

breaking mine

wasn’t about

hurting me

It was about

you hurting

I don’t regret

walking away

because your treatment of me

was not okay

but

I wish I hadn’t let

the hurt define me

knowing now

the way you hurt me

had to do with you



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An obsessive journaler who loves meeting others along their journey and giving them a hand to hold through pieces of writing. I write about the heartbreaks of life and the joys, the ups and downs, and I often learn my greatest lessons and miracles from nature.

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