a poem
The pain is there
To remind us
Life is here
Yet to it we forget
The pain is there
To whittle us
Into something harder
Yet we avoid it and soften
The pain is there
To tell us truth
That life is suffering
Yet we wish comfort
The pain is there
But we wish it not
Thinking it wrong
Believing it evil
The pain is there
Because it is life in part
To know pleasure
To know life
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