“You must endure,” they tell me.
“Everyone has gone through it.
It is a passage in life.”
Who said so?
Is it written somewhere?
A rule carved in stone?
Or is it only spoken
by those who never write
about their own pain?
“Be strong,” they say.
“Everything will pass
like a cloud.”
Like wind, they say.
But how long
must the cloud stay?
How long
must I wait
for the sky to clear?
I do not want to hear it anymore.
Just because everyone
has gone through it—
why must I?
I will not endure,
for endurance’s sake.”
Why should anyone?
Mar 29
Mar 29, 2026 at 10:58 AM UTC
“You must endure,” they tell me.
“Everyone has gone through it.
It is a passage in life.”
Who said so?
Is it written somewhere?
A rule carved in stone?
Or is it only spoken
by those who never write
about their own pain?
“Be strong,” they say.
“Everything will pass
like a cloud.”
Like wind, they say.
But how long
must the cloud stay?
How long
must I wait
for the sky to clear?
I do not want to hear it anymore.
Just because everyone
has gone through it—
why must I?
I will not endure,
for endurance’s sake.”
Why should anyone?