Please don’t take away my pain
I’ve earned it
I’ve walked through the fire
I’ve felt the burn
I needed to
How else could I understand the pain of others?
If you feel friendship towards me
let me have this.
Tell me “It get’s better”
even “I’ve felt it too”
but don’t try to remove this hurt from me
just understand
I asked for this lesson
I brought myself to this
so that I would know this feeling
and am grateful
When you feel the fire
I’ll be there for you
for that is what we’ve built
Sharing tears, joy, pain and laughter
building understanding
evolving
One day I won’t need this
but for now
leave this to me
It is as much a part of me
as the joy I’ve felt
ant the love we share.
