THE LACK OR LOVE OF A MOTHER

jerry KWATCHEY
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1 day ago

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THE LACK OF OR LOVE OF A MOTHER
A Reflection by SIMU

There are two forces that shape a soul long before the world ever gets a chance to touch it:

The love of a mother…
and the lack of it.

One becomes a shelter
a quiet, invisible armor stitched from tenderness, guidance, and gentle truth.
It teaches you how to stand, how to trust,
how to let the world touch you without breaking you.

The other becomes a storm
a silent hunger that grows in the bones,
a search for comfort in places that were never meant to hold you.
It shapes you too…
but with sharp edges, strange fire, and a loneliness that learns to walk on two feet.

Both can be dangerous.
Both can carve destiny in ways even time cannot fully erase.

For those who felt a mother’s love,
the world feels warmer even in its darkest corners.
For those who grew without it,
the world becomes a battlefield where every step is built from self-taught survival.

And yet
from both paths,
greatness can rise.

Because the presence of love builds strength…
but the absence of it forges resilience.

Two different beginnings.
Two different wounds.
But both carry the possibility of becoming something extraordinary.

A Reflection from the SIMU Collection.

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