Inspirational Poem

Ending Generational Trauma

Using rhythm and rhyme my poem encourages people to break the cycle with their generational trauma. I was abused, neglected, starved, mistreated, and unloved as a child. I take pride that my children have never experienced or felt what I've went through. They deserve a better life than I had, and they do because I broke the cycle, instead of repeating the same mistakes my own mother made.

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Breaking The Cycle

Published by Family Friend Poems December 1, 2023 with permission of the Author.

You're breaking the cycle
Its starts with you today
So with that power
This I want you to say

I am a cycle breaker
The trauma ends with me
I will not inflict the pain
That was once inflicted on me

Because I have the patience
And a love that is Devine
I will show my children a world
That was much different than mine

They will not grow up
In horrible disarray
Because I am a survivor
Who will pave a better way

I will live my life to fullest
I will not just survive
I will live it with such passion
That my children and I will thrive

That generational trauma
I will completely destroy
As I raise my children
In an abundance of love and joy

I will let go of the past
I will set my soul free
I will release the hurt and pain
That has had ahold on me

I will heal myself
I will be the change
A better and brighter future
I will get in exchange

I will be the difference maker
I've always needed to see
I will be the cycle breaker
It began but ends with me

ABOUT THE POET:

Tonya Zuber was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She currently lives in Central Pa. Tonya started writing poetry as a little girl but got serious about it after the passing of her brother. Her poems are a mix of grief, loss, hope, and her battles through depression. Tonya uses her poetry as her therapy, it's her way of coping with her...

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