Pain Poem by Kaylah Reynolds

Hiding from pain makes sense right?
Feeling is an outdated concept
Smiling all the time for better or worse
suffering is better than dying


Standards so high the norm is impossible
Anything but gratitude is unacceptable
hiding this pain living with so much regret
Capacity of letting someone in is a bygone era


It's the code of ethics
no place to heal nor place of refuge
They don't want truth so they can't see error
Letting us live in straight agony


Naming pain is impolite
But it's a lie that comforts and destroys us