Sister Dear

Dark happiness eclipses bright sorrow, Casting the shadows of pain upon me; Sharp splinters that penetrate the marrow: My wounds lay hidden but yours i can see. Embodiments of your inner anguish, Gateways forced open to set your pain free These unseen demons you cannot banish, So you fight with a knife Til you can see. Bright sorrow flares behind it's dark cover: It's the blinding white truth from which we hide: For truth discerned is pain to discover So close your eyes and keep it all inside. I long to hug you to make you hear That your pain is also my pain, Sister dear.