Damaged

Damaged,
We are so damaged
Wounds that have remained open for a long time
Wounds that may never heal
Time,
They say time heals everything
They lie
Time helps to forget
Even helps to forgive
But time doesn`t heal nonphysical wounds
With time you learn to bear the pain
You learn to live damaged yet functional
Untill the wounds blend in your natural being
Untill the pain becomes cronic and you stop paying attention to it
Except for those days when you feel particularly vulnerable
Moments of acute memories
Moments of acute pain again
What it`s true, is that those acute instants come more separated in time
But they never truly disappear
A physical wound can heal in hours or days
A wound of the soul can take that long, if we are lucky or even strong enough, to begin to repair And never heal completely
It's easy to break a bone
Easier to break someone's spirit
We can rely on time, friends, loved ones, pills and yet a bone will be healed long before, with Just a simple cast, than a heart that's been blackened and frozen
Damaged,
We are a patch of unhealed wounds