Hellooooo❤️,

Lovely people,

Today we are talking about this quote⬇️

In my free time I search quotes and I keep note of the ones I want to write about or can be an "inspiration" for my poems. And this one has been chosen. 😭

Life does take us down. And we do fall down. And we do fall apart sometimes. But sometimes because of shame, guilt, fear... People hide it. We hide things. Lock them up somewhere safe and far. Lock them up in your heart thats bleeding so hard. And you laugh. Try to smile. But people who smile are the ones that are crying on the inside. So Lori Goodwin says that we "try to maintain a sense of normality until we no longer can". What he means is that, we try to become normal. Like everything is okay. That we are fine. We try to become like everyone else in society, like most people say "i'm good" when they are probably suffering *** on the inside. Until we burst. And we pop. And sometimes we curse and scream. Other times we just become really angry. He describes this as being a "survivour".

A survivour fights their own battle. And so just because we are survivours of our battle, just because I don't sound right, just because I don't look right, just because I hezitate, people still push me . People still push us. Push us to be something else we don't even want to be. God knows what this world is really like. Sometimes this world can be really *** and this is the only time I can burst my anger.

"We are survivours"

And then he comes on to state "Those of us who have made it through *** are still standing? we bear a different name: warriors". I am a palace to my worries. A playground to my thoughts. I am everything inside of me. I am struggling. I am hurt. But no one would give *** and they will judge me for all they can. And you know what , judging people isnt the only thing in the world. I promise you there are 20385928503 other problems out there. But we are warriors. We all are. Those of us who have made it through *** and through *** and through so much, we are warriors. We are the servants of our battles we fight upon.

And I quit . I don't tell anyone to keep fighting anymore. Because that just sounds...... Unreal. I used to do that alot.

But its your battle. And you can decide wheather you wanna face it or not. Your a warrior. The world is waiting for you. For all of us.❤️

Bunny

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@Tabbycat97

I know we were in a middle of a convo. But I've accidentally been moved to the adults side 😭 and I can't access our chat. Ill try to get it fixed asap. Sorry

Bunny 🐇

Hey honeybun you grew up so fast on me that ur an OLDIE now?! jk but i hope it gets fixed soon.

if u don't want me here ill shoo but I've been thinking about you and i haven't seen u in awhile so I decided to check on you. how have u been holding up?

@amiableBunny4016

Love this message! Thank you!

I’m a fellow poet too and poetry has helped me put things in perspective for many years.

I’m new here and so glad so many of us are on the same thinking/trajectory and are beginning to overstand the realities you spoke to. Growing is sometimes quite painful, as parts of our understanding of reality die and new understanding is birthed we are stretching, opening and expanding! Through this growth we need to take these measures of grieving, celebrating the process and overstanding who we once were and who we are becoming(as a whole & individually).

Thanks for being so beautifully accountable! Right On!!

We all need more peeps like you! Keep up the awesome work!

Truly inspirational; Feeling truly grateful! Thank You, Bunny!

The Ugly Truth...

7cups has been a great place for me. Found so many friends. Found my second family. Now that I would call it my first family. So many awesome people here being supportive. But I gotta say.... There is a bit of reality behind this. So here are some ugly facts and MOST people would have gone through these:

1) I have been manipulated and controlled by listeners.

2) My account has had problems multiple times.

3) I have been bullied before on 7cups.

4) Felt lonely and left out on chatrooms sometimes.

5) Been told no one cares.

I am *not* trying to show anything. Or implying that this place is terrible. I am just showing the *importance* of safety and how I feel. Nothing much. These are just things I wanted to reveal.

Bunny

trigger warning: abuse, lonlieness, sh.

The ways I hide- Poem by me. Just me.

The way I constantly tell everyone I am okay.

That I am fine.

The words that constantly bother travel and zoom around my brain.

The beating that constantly hurt. The bruises and lumps that I carried.

The person I am, constantly being a burden to myself.

The breaths I take, every one feels like I am ...suffocating.

The ways I try to fit in.

The person I tried to be.

But failed to be.

The people who ignored me.

But told me they were "sorry".

The weird words that I stuttered under my breath.

Ignoring myself. Neglecting the way I feel.

The ways I coped.

I pulled and I dragged.

I shivered and waited.

Pull everything together.

The way I hide.

I hide from you.

I hide from mom.

I hide from dad.

I hide from everyone.

Because you all will beat me in the race I never ran.

You will beat me in a fight I didn't want to fight.

You will collapse and you will get back up.

Whilst I lay there.

On the ground.

The way I try....

The ways we all try.

To hold.

To breathe.

To sigh.

To smile.

To move.

It hurts.

I don't wanna be alone anymore.

I'm sorry.

Bunny