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Turning Pain to Gain

Claritin,
Advil,
anesthesia…
 
All things designed with one purpose:
to block pain.
Dim pain,
shut it out,
make it better.
 
What if pain
has something to teach us?
What if pain
is a sign?
What if pain
is something we can gain from?
 
Pain is hard,
but pain shows us
where our problems are.
 
Pain hurts,
but pain tells us
we can be stronger.
 
Pain is rough,
it chafes,
breaking us down
and eating away at us.
 
But sometimes,
out of pain,
a new
and stronger
and healthier
person emerges.

(2015)

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