POEMS ABOUT SHAME, QUOTAS ABOUT SHAME, and HEALING FROM SHAME
"What do you regard as MOST HUMANE?
TO SPARE someone shame."
— Friedrich Nietzsche
TO SPARE someone shame."
— Friedrich Nietzsche
I have not found yet good poem about shame. But I will share the lyrics to one of my songs that I believe is exactly about it: healing from shame...
HIDDEN TEARS
Don’t you have enough?
Are you scared, little girl
Sitting in a corner,
Wrapped up in your world?
God only knows your fears inside,
Don’t run away,
Listen what I have to say:
Whoever made you feel
Unworthy of living
You're not guilty, you're not guilty
He's the one, you're not the one to blame.
Ref.
So let your hidden tears fall down,
Your wounded heart heal now
And let your silent voice cry out
I know it's hard to change it but it will come.
A million friends around
But no one close enough
To let them know how you feel,
So you turn your TV on,
And look at your heroes, your heart fills with hope,
And for a moment
You let them take you to their world.
But deep inside you know
You'll never be there
You're not worthy, you're not worthy
but this is NOT your voice.
Ref.
Just let your hidden tears fall down,
Your wounded heart heal now
And let your silent voice cry out
I know it's hard to change it but it will come
The stage of life is waiting - and you're the STAR.
LILIANA KOHANN
©Artpeace 1996
Are you scared, little girl
Sitting in a corner,
Wrapped up in your world?
God only knows your fears inside,
Don’t run away,
Listen what I have to say:
Whoever made you feel
Unworthy of living
You're not guilty, you're not guilty
He's the one, you're not the one to blame.
Ref.
So let your hidden tears fall down,
Your wounded heart heal now
And let your silent voice cry out
I know it's hard to change it but it will come.
A million friends around
But no one close enough
To let them know how you feel,
So you turn your TV on,
And look at your heroes, your heart fills with hope,
And for a moment
You let them take you to their world.
But deep inside you know
You'll never be there
You're not worthy, you're not worthy
but this is NOT your voice.
Ref.
Just let your hidden tears fall down,
Your wounded heart heal now
And let your silent voice cry out
I know it's hard to change it but it will come
The stage of life is waiting - and you're the STAR.
LILIANA KOHANN
©Artpeace 1996
"HEALTHY SHAME is an emotion that teaches us about our limits. Like all emotions, shame MOVES US to get our basic needs met."
— John Bradshaw
— John Bradshaw
"As a shame researcher, I know that the very best thing to do
in the midst of a shame attack is totally counter-intuitive:
Practice COURAGE and REACH OUT!"
— Brene Brown
in the midst of a shame attack is totally counter-intuitive:
Practice COURAGE and REACH OUT!"
— Brene Brown
"SHAME is the most powerful, master emotion.
It's the FEAR that we're not good enough."
— Brene Brown
It's the FEAR that we're not good enough."
— Brene Brown
"Having been poor is NO SHAME, but being ashamed of it, IS."
— Benjamin Franklin
— Benjamin Franklin