When pain comes to you

When pain comes to you

Embrace it, accept it,

It tells you that you are alive

That you can think and feel

That you have a beating heart

And a ticking mind.

When tears brim in your eyes

Let them flow

They tell you that you allowed

Pain to seep through

And whet your soul

That you were not afraid

To be yourself

And to feel with abandon.

That you lived

And loved

That you didn’t just

Skim the surface of life,

But dived deep

And came up with pearls.

When pain comes to you

Don’t block it

Let it be an old friend

With keys to your heart

Let it come and go as it pleases

And sometimes meet it at a landing

And ask, ‘Hey, how you doin’ now?’