You and I <br />Will suffer through terrible abuse <br />To our inner child, <br />Our spiritual psyche, our real self <br />If we fail to find release <br />From our own negative perceptions, <br />Unless we truly desire to escape from emotional prisons <br />Of self judgments, unrelenting <br />Critical eye of condemnation, <br />Corrupted by estimations of ourselves <br />Based on unrealistic societal standards. <br /> <br />We learn generous forgiveness for those <br />Who violate us but never learn <br />To forgive ourselves and be healed <br />Of self-violation.<br /><br />Uriah Hamilton<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/you-and-i-will-suffer/
