How do You Sow Your Pain

How Do You Show Your Pain?

 

Some show their pain with a swipe at the wrist,

While others prefer a throw of the fist.

 

Some show their pain with an empty bottle,

While others prefer to hit the road full throttle.

 

Some show their pain with a puff and a drag,

While others prefer to b***h and nag.

 

Some show their pain with fun from a w***e,

While others prefer to eat more and more.

 

But others? Others like me?

I prefer the company of an old oak tree.

Under which I write words and melody

That make me feel unburdened and free.

 

That is how I show my pain.

By writing it out again and again.

Some find writing to be mundane,

For me it shows my hurt, but more humane.

 

And You. I only have one simple favor to ask,

Don't show your pain with a silent fast.

Don't show it with a tilted flask.

But please don't hide your pain behind a mask.

 

Show the world, and teach it too,

To control the pain that burdens you.

Become someone completely new

Who has something to hold onto.

 

 

Reviews

[Amer Almadani]

Excellent; simple, constructive, and empathetic.

[Rik B]

AJ, These are true words felt by those who have pain, I write in the same way. great insprirational play...

I've fell in love with this poem

[jennifer little]

well done sounds great

[Reaching for the clouds]

Well done. This sounds so original and creative.

[Irfan Bashir Shah]

A good poem with signs of maturity in it..... You will sure do fine...
"Some show their pain with fun from a w***e,
While others prefer to eat more and more." These were the best lines.... They touched me!