Nature vs. Nurture

A short poem reflecting on the ripple effect trauma can have within families.

From birth our small minds plastic
Sensitive, malleable
Shaped by parents
Inherently fallible

Humans transport pain
As their parents did before them
A generational timeline
From which all problems stem?

Children like shock absorbers
Cannot filter experience
Trauma impacts and shapes
With little recompense

Without self-awareness it's easy
To repeat personal history's mistakes
Then suffering becomes cyclical
Embedded in our fate

But resilience, choice and lifestyle
Are all important factors
In breaking free from patterns
That inheritance has passed us.