There's something in the way
You read a story
That makes your heart
Swell
And I've found
That my own heart
Finds the saddest stories
The most touching
Maybe it's because
The saddest stories
Are the most truthful
Maybe it's that my heart
Feels sadness more than
Anything else
So when it sees
Sadness in others
It connects
Deeper
Because
Isn't the truth
That the world is sad?
But that's what makes
Happiness
So much better
Joy
So much more worth it
For if we were always happy
What would we look forward to?
And how would we deal
When we are sad?
Pain
Cannot be measured
Or compared
It cannot be weighed
Or explained
It doesn't matter
If you think one pain
Is worse than another
It's irrelevant
Every person
Experiences
Every pain
Differently
So I cannot say
My pain
Or another's pain
Is greater than yours
Because every experience
And situation
Is experienced
Differently
No pain is the same as another
It depends
On past pains
On past happiness
It depends
On current burdens
And situations
It depends on who you are
And no two people are the same
So no matter what pain
You have
It is not greater
Nor is it lesser
Than someone else's
It is yours
And that is all
And you
Are the only person who can deal with it
You are the only person feeling it
So don't compare your pain
No one else has ever felt it
Right where you are
Feelings can lie
But they tell truths
Whether partial
Or full
Sometimes we don't know
It's hard to tell
All we can do
Is feel
Feel them
Hold them
Look around us
And wonder
And then
We have to move on
And keep the memories
Of those feelings
Tucked close
Or throw them away
Remember what they felt like
In each moment
And when they lie
But it feels true
Look in from the outside
And acknowledge them
But do not act
Because even reasoning
Can be untruthful
So if we act
Out of either
We might hurt
Even more
So don't be afraid to feel
Whatever it might be
But remember it's not always true
Except when your heart is free
Everyone
Has been afraid
Everyone
Has felt fear
But what
Could be so frightening
For the whole world
To feel it?
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Poems (collection 1.0)
Poetryplease don't read this (i laugh here, but i'm not joking). this is a relic. consider this the museum of my progression in writing. you can find the better (marginally) stuff from this one in "Poems (collection 2.0)". Thoughtful, often sad, and angr...
