Circle Of Darkness

The damage done to a child by poor parenting, or lack thereof, unfortunately can go unseen for decades.  It is also true that the damage can trickle down into younger generations.  This behavior becomes a pattern, so much so that full dysfunction erupts within the gene pool.  So where does it end?  When does the damage that has ripped one's soul apart without as much as a hint of being, end? It ends when tears are shed from the darkened soul and light may finally beam through the iron clad wall that holds the fortress together.  One crack is all that is needed to begin the destruction of a wall so thick, that normal is like an earthquake to the inhabitants.

Where does it begin?  What is the foundation to a wall such as this?  This darkness and turmoil begins at the root, at the base of one's core.  It is how the world and those within it have nurtured or not.  It's like taking a flower and either watering and fertilizing it or letting it cling to life one drop of rain to the next.

One spend and entire life gasping for air in the shadows of their own darkness.  Clinging to the belief that one day, everything will be better and everything will make sense.  The father or mother that they were to respect and mirror, are the mere bane of their existence.  The relationships that fester throughout their lives are carbon copies of their past without even realizing, because that is what is familiar.  Another child is then born into the darkness without a chance of seeing light.

This is the circle of life for so many.  Our society steers the socially unacceptable into the shadows without hope.  All it takes is one beam of light to break this circle.  Just one.