Life IS pain, Highness

[wynndow]

The story of every human being has pain in it. Pain is part of life, but not all of it. It serves a necessary function. It's not meant to become our whole story; it's meant to be the goad that moves us on to better things. We can choose to live in our pain, holding tight to every hurt, every slight, every perceived injustice inflicted upon us. Or

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[moderately_mad]

Wow. Is this a quote or is it you? If it's you, whatever possessed you to wax poetic?

Have you ever written poetry? Watch this:

The story of every human being has pain in it.
Pain is part of life,
but not all of it.
It serves a necessary function.
It's not meant to become our whole story;
it's meant to be the goad that moves us on to better things.

We can choose to live in our pain,
holding tight to every hurt, every slight, every perceived injustice inflicted upon us.
Or we can accept that pain is part of being alive,
and not let it define us.
We can choose to move past the pain in to whatever joy we can find.

Done is done. What is, is.
Past wrongs are past
and can't be undone - time only runs one way.
If you choose to hold on to old pain, you stay forever wronged.
No good is served by holding on to what has already happened, you simply stay
miserable, forever hurt.

Every new pain is piled
on top of the pain already
held so close to your heart,
and each new small pain is magnified out of all reason.
If you focus on your anger, your anger is all you are going to see.
If you focus on your pain, it blocks your view of all else.

You can decide to be happy
instead.
No one can do it for you.
You have to do it for yourself.
THIS
is what letting go is really about.

There's almost a rhyme scheme ... In any case, this is how it sounded in my head. How would you break it?

Sometimes things just come out...

[wynndow]

No, it's not a quote. You know I've been working through the concept of "letting go" for a while now, and it hasn't been easy, given my personality. That, coupled with all the circles with G- were both on my mind in a absent-minded, let it work itself through sort of way one night, and that's what came of it. I liked the insight, so I knew I needed to write it down or risk forgetting it.

I wasn't thinking in terms of poetry, but since you mention it, it does kind of lend itself to the form doesn't it?