Pain

This year started with several people I know feeling heartbroken.

Unfortunately, we cannot outrun our pain because the more we avoid it, the bigger it becomes, until it overwhelms our entire world. We need to feel the bad feels until they are ready to recede.

But just because it hurts right now, doesn’t mean that it will hurt forever. Just because one person broke your heart, doesn’t mean that there aren’t people who love you completely.

So, today, I’m resharing one of my poems. Share it with someone you want to reach out to and let them know that they’re not alone. Let them know that someone cares.

Cry, my friend, upon my shoulder

Let your pain rain on me,

I’m not afraid of your darkness

Let me in, let me see.

You huddle inwards, conceal your shards

As if I know not what you hide,

As if the pain that cuts your soul

Is not the same I have inside.