Growing up isn't easy;
sometimes it's downright painful.
Scrapped knees
turn into broken hearts.
Fractured bones
don't compare to the hurt
of rejection and unrequited love.
A child doesn't understand
that sometimes tears
are not the result of
physical injury.
Sometimes they come from
a deeper place.
The anguish of a broken heart
can be the most enlivening experience.
It makes you remember that
you are still alive.