Driven by Pain

will it drive you to do good or bad?

We all have our own brand of pain
The names are different, but the feelings the same.
Daddy left me,
Wife cheated on me,
Mom disowned me cuz I'm gay.
But how do we deal? By raising hell? Breeding destruction and hate?
Or making a change? Breaking the cycle, finding some new way
to open our eyes.
Therein lies...
the test of character.
You gonna help others? Or self medicate?
You gonna carry that anger? Let it eat you alive?
Or channel it creatively...
through a paintbrush, a song, or a good write?
Tired of it breakin me down,
Ready to break on through.
Gonna use it to better myself...
now how bout you?

Reviews

[Vincent Esprit FMI]

That's it.......thanks for the reminder crystalbluepersuasion, the consolidating aspect of this piece is reassuring.