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That Which Hurts Is So Easy To Say
That which hurts is so easy to say
but that which comforts
needs careful consideration
we can blurt out what hurts
but what comforts
needs time for some thought
the one is always loaded
ready to fire
the other needs priming
consideration and thought
the one is delivered
with forcefulness and thunder
asking no quarter
the other
with a tentative smile
and that obligatory affirmation
“Nooo, I mean it.”
the one tears deep
the other uplifts
we know this
because we all have been
bedevilled by both
we have delivered both
and we have received both
yet nothing has changed
one cannot help thinking
that it never will change
why is that
I wonder.
Copyright ©
Rory Galbraith
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