Pain Is Good

What do we gain?
If there is no pain.
Some will applaud the sun and complain about the rain. 
Nevertheless, we need both just the same.
In life our goals we strive to obtain;
Some dreams we will lose, some we will gain. 
This journey grows but I hope it will never end,
There have been so many roads I have seen and places I have been.
The pain in my life you cannot see it but I can.
It hurt sometimes that is why I keep it locked in. 
I walk carefully and quietly on this journey in life.
I walk with faith and hope but not by strife.
Pain will surround you and find you every day.  
Surprisingly nothing helps, it just goes away. 
I can tell you pain hurts physically. 
But I believe it hurts more mentally.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2008

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Brown Avatar
August 12, 2010 at 6:33 AM
Jeffery, just a note to let you know I have been thinking of you and your poetry. Hope all is well with you and yours always. Love, Carol
George   Avatar
January 23, 2009 at 3:22 AM
Hi Jeffrey, Yes! life is a combination of many things, pain being one of them. However, It makes us appreaciate life without pain when it goes away. Keep writing. Love and peace, lainie
Moreno Avatar
November 18, 2008 at 11:04 AM
The phrase 'No pain, no gain' comes to life in your well thought out poem. I really enjoyed it, thanks for sharing it...Raul
Gorelick Avatar
November 18, 2008 at 6:25 AM
Some very nice phrases in this one..perhaps you might put a comma after ..helps, in the third to last line..its so full of truth, makes it stand out. Nice job.
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