I can sympathize with pain but not with pleasure.
There are those who prefer suffering to sympathy;
Who would exchange solace for sensuality.
It is not my wish to offer them a choice
I seek to bring you comfort;
To bring you to a resting place.
But will I bring solace to myself?
Will I find a refuge?
And if not me, then who?
And if not here, then where?
And if not now, then when?
This is no recipe for scant solace.
Aug 19, 2023
Aug 19, 2023 at 12:57 PM UTC
I can sympathize with pain but not with pleasure.
There are those who prefer suffering to sympathy;
Who would exchange solace for sensuality.
It is not my wish to offer them a choice
I seek to bring you comfort;
To bring you to a resting place.
But will I bring solace to myself?
Will I find a refuge?
And if not me, then who?
And if not here, then where?
And if not now, then when?
This is no recipe for scant solace.
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