why is it so easy, to look away from pain?

Why is it so easy,

To look away from pain?

Why do we do it?

What do we gain?

What is so wrong

With feeling hurt?

Its part of humanity

Before we’re in the dirt.

Pain is not bad,

Its a sign of your heart,

And when we see each other

We’re doing our part,

To heal the collective

Pain and suffering.

Its okay to feel it all

The alternative is slumbering.

I want you to know

I feel it all too.

The ups and the downs

And the ones that leave me blue.

But on the other side

Are the ones that are light,

Like happiness and freedom

And feelings of delight.

I’m sorry if someone

Turned away from your pain.

You deserve better

And are not to blame.

For this world is crying

And asking for support,

And so many systems

Are broken and fall short.

Together we can mend

The hearts that are breaking,

By not looking away

And instead awakening,

To the love all around us

And within one another.

And by seeing each other

Every sister and brother.

Written by Amanda Durocher

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