The Pain I Have Now

THE PAIN I HAVE NOW

The pain I have now,
Makes any poem seem unreal.

If only I could stop hurting
Poetry might return to me again.

Somehow in my mind
Poems are for happy times
And blessings.

In pain
I feel no poem,

Only these lines
Of confession
And difficulty.

poem by Shalom Freedman
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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