We cannot heal from our pain by saying “That is just life”...

We cannot heal from our pain by saying “That is just life”
This is the way to be passive in your pain
allowing it to wash over and push through
The way you take action in your pain and thus in your life is to transfer the pain into something strengthening and continuously enduring
Then you are not a slave to your pain
Then you are not just a feather swaying as it dusts the descending sunlight
Then you are a path builder
Then you engage with the air you breathe and exhale with intentional pace •

Poem from my book Acres of Shadow
© Aisha Tariqa Abdul Haqq Publishing
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