Pain…?
Pain is universal,

Pain links,
When you can share someone’s pain,
When you look in their eyes and you know,
Then you can understand who they are,

Pain is a mentor,
A cruel and brutal one,
It teaches us the greatest lessons in life,
If we only embrace them,
Pain will save us from more pain,

Love…
Love is the greatest harbinger of pain,
Through that pain,
One of two things are born,
If you’re lucky,
Indifference,
If you’re not,
Hatred,

Time heals,
Pains dull,
Do not be so foolish though,
To think that pain is ever truly gone,
It will creep up on you,
In a memory,
In a sight,
In a scent,
When you least expect it to,

Pain…
I have learned to embrace it,
Almost love it even,
It has filled a void in me,
Because when I had nothing,
When you left,
All that remained…
Was pain,