Not Broken
She is not broken
She does not need fixing
She is no more different or wrong than
you and I are the same or right.
She is not broken
She does not need fixing
Your advice might come from a good place, but
Do you see this exhaustion on my face?
I’m not just tired from lack of sleep
I am weary. I am weary with worry and over thinking.
So unless you are offering help,
please take your pity somewhere else.
She is not broken
She does not need fixing
As she screams through his haircut at the salon,
you say to your child, “you NEVER acted that bad.” And YOU stare at ME like I am the worst.,,
But keep in mind which one of us is judging a child right now.
She is not broken
She does not need fixing.
You look at him like a puzzle piece that does not fit into your puzzle.
I look at her and see a puzzle piece being forced to fit into a different puzzle.
She is not broken
She does not need fixing
No, I was not chosen to be her mom because I am special.
I am special because I was chosen to be HER mom
SHE is NOT broken
SHE does NOT need fixing
By JoLea Kendall
Lovely.
In an age where diversity of all kinds is, or should be, accepted and honored, you (we) might be on one of the last frontiers.
Susan, Beth’s mom