the amazing thing
about being broken
is the truth
that you are not the only one
who's falling apart
everyone comes to
a breaking point
and the breaking point
allows us to see each other
as they are
not as what we imagined
them to be
and the breaking point
allows us to find ourselves
and it allows us to find others
and sometimes
that's enough
the moment of
getting found
was enough
and when you look back
it's not like
you've figured everything out
it's just like
you were allowed to breathe
it's just like
you allowed yourself to breathe
and that
you are still broken
but you are breathing
***
Wrote this in October 2015 when I reviewed John Green's Papertowns on my blog.
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