Those who live with complex trauma

to understand the life of those who

live with complex trauma,

is to understand that they have

endured multiple traumas,

and rather than being protected,

shielded, or have others fight to cease their trauma,

nor acknowledgement it should never have happened,

they have been taught how to adapt,

how to endure,

and how to survive that pain

in a world that neglected their safety,

and offered them only survival.