Do whatever makes you happy as long as it doesn't hurt others.

Did it hurt when you walked in
and saw your lover
and your friend
in the bed that you had pledged
silent promises to one another in
Did it hurt when your mother called
and told you that something happened
and you need to get home right now
because your sibling isn't okay
Did it hurt when your first pet
took its last breath
and you couldn't cry
because it hadn't hit you yet
that death came so quickly
Did it hurt when you fell from grace
Did you bruise?
Sometimes it hurts enough to make you weep
But I didn't weep
Did you?

I am making bargains with the universe
I say a silent prayer to nothing and no one
I say, please, take their pain away
I will carry all their burdens if only they don't have to
please, universe, there is so much sorrow
we are surrounded by gravestones of those
that were crushed under the weight of self conflict
fighting against the sadness to be happy
please, let me take their pain
I am used to pain, I have room for more
just let them be happy
I cannot bear for another friend lost
I cannot bear another gravestone.

I all too often wonder
if you've at all been working
on your plethoric problems,
or if you yet merely continue
to use and abuse those who find themselves around you
in order to distract yourself from yourself;
to beguile even your very own self
via id, ego, and superego illusions
in lieu of making real personal progress.