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Double,Pain

I'm walking with my friend to my house, and we have to cross a long road.
When the green light glows we start running as fast as we could, just looking forward to the other end of the road. Thinking it's a race, thinking that we are running for our lives, but then…
BOOM!!! I fall.
I can't feel my elbow, I can see it bleeding, it hurts badly.
But then I realize something even more painful than just falling and bleeding badly and crying without stopping.
My friend is laughing at me. 
She doesn't help, not even asking me if i'm ok, not helping me up, just laughing at me. 
I cry and think.
Why do people laugh, it feels like they don't care, they think it's funny, but when they fall like that. 
They don't laugh cause it hurts so much and they expect someone to help. 
They expect someone to ask if their ok, but mostly…. 
They don't want anyone to laugh at them. 
Today I look at my elbow and see the scrape, it's big and ugly.
And all what I say is…
Falling could give you double pain.

Copyright © Liza Brodsky | Year Posted 2016


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Date: 9/16/2026 7:03:00 AM

I've really been enjoying your poem and the emotions and imagery were so vivid that i could easily picture them as beautiful illustration. I'm a commission-based manga/webtoon artist, and I'd love to help bring your story to life if you're ever interested. Feel free to reach out at gm@il : akiracomicart2@ or on inst@ akiraa_artly
Date: 4/11/2024 11:58:00 PM

Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Meanwhile, I greet you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.
Date: 2/24/2016 3:56:00 AM

- Welcome with your first poems here on PoetrySoup, Liza - PoetrySoup is simply the world's best :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
Date: 2/20/2016 8:32:00 PM

Liza, Welcome to Poetry Soup. It will be a delight to read and become familiar with your poems in the future. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile others passed when I first joined the soup. Wishing you and your poetry the best. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here STARTING with me- SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs* SKAT

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