It Happened, It Hurt, I Am Healing
One young girl bounded up stairs, one young girl can down in tears
One young girl packed for camp, one young girl sat in the dark and damp
One young girl was like another; they never said anything about their brother
One young girl felt so grown up, one young girl then threw up
Two are affirming, believing, and feeling
Six say it happened, it hurt, we are healing
One slumped in a corner banging her head
One woke up wondering what she had said
One refused to pretend any longer
One still struggles to find trust and wonder?
Two are affirming, believing, and feeling
Six say it happened, it hurt, we are healing
One clean and sober, committed and new
One with a partner who departed from two
One with a husband learning to care and be kind
One with a little red house hard to find
Two are affirming, believing, and feeling
Six say it happened, it hurt, we are healing
One rarely sees her teenagers three
One with a boy almost too big for her knee
One with two youngsters still quite wee
One with a boy who plays soccer with glee
Two are affirming, believing, and feeling
Six say it happened, it hurt, we are healing
One faces with clarity an uncertain place
One reckons with horrors in more than one face
One has found some peace at her base
One goes on searching at her very own pace
Two are affirming, believing, and feeling
Each say it happened, it hurt, I am healing
-Anonymous

