What's pain?
If I asked a teacher, they would say it's hurt.
If I asked my mother, she would ask me if I felt it.
If I asked you, you would ignore me.
If I asked myself, I would say it's what you gave me.
What's solitude?
If I asked a teacher, they would say it's loneliness.
If I asked my mother, she would ask me once more if I felt it.
If I asked you, you would once more ignore me.
If I asked myself, I would say it's what you left me with.
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Poems of Pain and Solitude
PoetryFor every person out there that was quiet, not because they chose to be so, but because they were choking in the smoke. Because their opinions were apparently not worth anything. Because they didn't know just how to say what they felt. For every per...
