I wanted to share this post from SEW1960 with you. She captures so well the complexity surrounding ” hurt”.
I hurt
like baby hurt
as in
I need mother’s milk,
Daddy’s shoulder.
The rest of the world
looks at me,
aghast.
Can someone shut up that baby
or toddler?
I am the little girl
weeping in the closet
because I couldn’t tie my shoes
or lock the door.
I hold it all in
like everyone told me to do.
There are more important things
to weep about.
Have you not learned your lesson,
baby girl?
Learn what hurt means.