My trauma sees your trauma

 

We are only skin deep

While we don't know the heavy stuff about each other

One stranger to another stranger

To cross that line

Can bring connection 

But with that, vulnerability and perceived danger

 

I want to take that step with you

But I'm afraid of what it might stir up

It may bring us closer together

Albeit, it might just trigger my own uncomfortable stuff

 

Shared experience and perspective

Can create a special bond

But a part of me doesn't want to know your troubles

As a child and beyond

 

Because to empathise with you

I need to connect at your level

From a time in my life that felt similar or true

Which means that I'm forced to reflect about painful and packed away experiences that iIve also been through

 

I don't want to recognise our similarities 

In vulnerabilities 

Because it doesn't make me feel strong

It evokes internal stories that I'm damaged and that I don't belong

 

My trauma sees your trauma

And it's sure as hell not fun

In the end I'll choose to come to your level

But if I'm honest, I want to run